The Federal Government, through the Federal Scholarship Board, has sent payment mandates to foreign embassies where foreign scholars under the Federal Government’s Bilateral Educational Agreement scholarship are schooling, The PUNCH can confirm. The BEA scholarship is for the purpose of education exchange between Nigeria and the partnering countries. The Federal Scholarship Board is supervising the
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACCIMA), has appointed the President of the Oil Palm Growers Association of Nigeria (OPGAN), Joe Onyiuke as the Vice Chairman of the NACCIMA Agribusiness Trade Group. Dele Kelvin Oye, Esq., the National President of NACCIMA, in a statement, said Onyiuke will work closely with […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress has begun consultations with the leadership of the Senate to facilitate the reinstatement of Senator Ali Ndume as the Chief Whip. The move comes one month after Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, was relieved of the position for repeated public criticisms of President Bola Tinubu and the ruling APC.
The stock market started Monday on a downturn, falling by 0.17% and resulting in a loss of over NGN 94 billion for equity investors. This decline mirrored global trends, with major indices like the S&P 500, Nikkei, Nasdaq, DAX, and STOXX experiencing significant sell-offs due to investor reactions to the Federal Reserve’s decision to maintain […]
It was betting (gambling) that made me realise I could play games using my ceiling. I would look up at the ceiling and begin to arrange the wood filings in my mind. At that time, I almost died,” a former gambling addict can be heard saying in Yoruba in a viral video recently shared on
Dr. Bolaji O. Akinyemi is the Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT), Project Victory Call Initiative, aka PVC Naija, as well as Convener, The Apostolic Roundtable (TAC). Dr. Akinyemi, a renowned Christian activist with great passion for good governance, in this interview with EJIKEME OMENAZU speaks on the ongoing nationwide protests against bad governance, among other […]
Nigerians in South Africa have said the controversial parental history of Chidimma Adetshina who withdrew from a beauty contest should be thoroughly investigated. Adetshina, 23, pulled out from Miss South Africa Beauty Pageant 2024 on Thursday following criticisms from South Africans that she was not eligible to participate in the pageantry. Her withdrawal stemmed from
Femi Otedola’s endorsement of the windfall tax shows its potential to promote economic fairness and stability in Nigeria. Mr. Otedola, who has long been an influential voice in the country’s financial sector, argues that the windfall tax could be a game-changer for Nigeria’s economy. The windfall tax offers an opportunity to redirect substantial unexpected profits […]