The United States government has said that the removal of barriers for women’s full participation in Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) would lead to a better world. The Information Officer U.S. Embassy Abuja, Jeanne Clarke, stated this in Ibadan at the opening of the STEM STEP programme geared towards empowering 100 women in Nigeria. Clarke, who noted that STEM education was the key for any country’s economic success, said that her country was convinced. She underscored the importance of STEM education to various fields such as medicine and engineering in relation to the feat achieved by individuals globally. She…
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The federal government has expressed its readiness to support the Global Fund for the eradication of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the country. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, made the intension known when the ‘Global Fund (GF)’ team led by its Senior Fund Portfolio Manager, Jean-Thomas Nouboussi, paid him a courtesy visit in his office. A statement by Mr Willie Bassey, Director Information, office of the SGF, on Thursday said SGF was represented by the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office, Dr Nnamdi Maurice Mbaeri. Mustapha said that the federal government was committed to supporting the…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday reconvened the Monkeypox Emergency Committee to assess the public health implications of the evolving multi-country outbreak, as global cases passed 14,000, with six countries reporting their first cases last week. The committee first met in June but decided against declaring it a public health emergency of international concern. WHO Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus acknowledged his awareness that any decision regarding the possible determination involved the consideration of many factors, with the ultimate goal of protecting public health. “The committee has already helped delineate the dynamics of this outbreak,” he said in his opening…
A lawyer, Festus Onifade, on Thursday, said MultiChoice Nigeria Limited has misapplied the power of its dominance in the market. Onifade told a Competition and Consumer Protection (CCPC) Tribunal sitting in Abuja, while moving his counter affidavit field to oppose the company’s motion challenging the jurisdiction of the tribunal to hear the matter. The the three-member tribunal led by Thomas Okosun had, on June 20, granted Onifade’s reliefs in an application seeking for a leave to amend his earlier originating summons and deem it to have been properly filed. The lawyer, in the latest originating summons is suing the firm, the operators of…
The Anambra State House of Assembly, has approved Gov. Charles Soludo’s request to access loan facilities worth N100 billion from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), for infrastructure development. The approval followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the House Committee on Public Accounts during plenary on Thursday in Awka. Soludo had, on July 5, written to the Assembly, seeking approval to secure a N100 billion Global Limit Multiple Term Loan Facility from CBN, for the construction and refurbishment of key infrastructure in the state. Presenting the report, Mr Somto Udeze, representing Ogbaru Constituency ll and Chairman of…
A Bill seeking to make Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result valid for four years has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The Amendment of the JAMB Act was sponsored by Rep. Tolulope Sadipe (APC-Oyo), at the plenary on Thursday. Leading the debate, Sadipe said many students sit for JAMB examination, come up with good grades, but for one reason or the other, they ended up not being offered admission, for no fault of theirs. She said these students and their parents, were made to bear the financial burden to sit for the examination the next year.…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will publish the personal particulars of candidates nominated by their political parties for 2023 Governorship and State Assembly elections in all the constituencies nationwide on Friday. The INEC Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at the swearing-in of a new Resident Electoral Commission (REC), Dr Hale Longpet, on Thursday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Yakubu urged Nigerians to scrutinise the particulars and seek judicial remedy for any observed violation of the law. “As we continue to prepare for the 2023 General Election in earnest, the Commission will tomorrow,…
The Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON) Mr Osita Okechukwu has taken a swipe at the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar for accusing the ruling party of stealing his idea to reform the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Atiku on his Facebook page on Wednesday, said All Progressives Congress (APC) government had borrowed a leaf from his ideas. “I had in 2018 made public my plans to reform the NNPC to make it more profitable, transparent and efficient. The APC-led government denigrated me for my patriotic vision. “But today, I am happy to note…
An Abuja Federal High Court has fixed November 1, 2022 to hear a suit which seeks to compel the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, to initiate a case of perjury against the All Progressives Congress (APC), presidential candidate Bola Tinubu. Justice Inyang Ekwo on Thursday, granted Incorporated Trustees of Center for Reform and Public Advocacy, a Civil Society Organization (CSO) permission to apply for an order of mandamus to compel the IGP, in line with Sections 31 and 32 of the Police Act and Section 3 of the Criminal Justice Act, 2015, to prefer charges against Tinubu for…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of tertiary education institutions in the country on Thursday pegged the minimum cut-off mark for admissions in the 2022/2023 academic session. According to the stakeholders, the minimum cut-off mark for universities is 140 while that of polytechnics and colleges of education, respectively, were pegged at 100. These were announced at the ongoing Policy Meeting on Admissions, presided by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja, Thursday. JAMB’s registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who announced the cut-off after a thorough debate and votes by vice chancellors of universities, rectors of polytechnics and…