Professor Abubakar Rasheed, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), has made his resignation from the commission. During the approval of the Kogi State University Kabba on Monday in Abuja, Mr. Rasheed noted that this would allow him to return to class as his main responsibility. . He said he would continue his lecturing job at the Bayero University Kano, from where he was appointed after spending seven years in the commission. Mr Rasheed, a Nigerian academic, administrator and a professor of English, was Vice-Chancellor, Bayero University Kano between 2010-2015, and assumed office as the executive secretary of…
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Ribadu Takes Over from Munguno as New NSA, pledges to Subdue Insecurit Mallam Nuhu Ribadu on Monday, officially assumed duties as the National Security Adviser (NSA) with a pledge to subdue insecurity and stabilise Nigeria. Ribadu took over from former NSA, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, following his appointment by President Bola Tinubu on June 19. He said the administration of President Tinubu had enormous responsibility of securing Nigeria, stabilise it and ensure peace in all parts of the country. According to him, this is a work for Nigerians and we intend to continue with what has been done. “We will…
The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have busted a rail line vandalism operation, impounded a conveyance truck and recovered some exhibits. This is contained in a statement by DSP Muhammad Jalige, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) on Monday in Kaduna. Jalige said that following credible intelligence, personnel of the command on June 22 at about 22:30 hours, busted a gang of rail line vandals. “An unspecified number of unknown persons came to Sanzwan in Zonkwa, Zango Kataf Local Government Area, in an articulated vehicle (DAF) with reg no DAL 172 YL and vandalised about…
FULL LIST: Burna Boy named BET’s Best International Act for Fourth Tim Burn Boy, the Afrofusion star, is BET’s Best International Act for the 2023 award season. The 2023 award show of Black Entertainment Television aired on June 25 from the Microsoft Theater in LA. Burna Boy beat the likes of Ayra Starr, Central Cee, and Stormzy to win the ‘Best International Act’ category. This extends Burna Boy’s record in winning BET’s “Best International Act” category to four. The Grammy-winning music star clinched the award for three consecutive years, in 2019, 2020, and 2021. Among the top winners at the…
Wagner’s aborted mutiny shows Moscow’s war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, the European Union’s top diplomat said Monday, warning instability in the nuclear-armed power is “not a good thing”. “What has happened during this weekend shows that the war against Ukraine is cracking Russian power and affecting its political system,” EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at a meeting of the bloc’s foreign ministers. “Certainly it’s not a good thing to see that a nuclear power like Russia can go into a phase of instability. It’s also something that has to be taken into account,” Borrell told journalists.…
Hajj 2023: Seven Pregnancies, 30 Mental Cases Discovered Among Nigerian Pilgrim The Medical Mission to the 2023 Hajj operation has so far discovered and reported seven pregnancy cases among Nigerian female pilgrims who have been attended to at different clinics across Makkah and Madinah. The Medical Mission has also treated 30 psychiatric cases among Nigerian pilgrims since the clinics opened for this year’s Hajj operation about a month ago. The Head of the Medical Mission to the Hajj operation, Dr Usman Galadima, made this known in a presentation at a Pre-Arafat briefing organised by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria…
The UK’s new policy restricting visas for families of international students does not specifically target Nigerians, according to Richard Montgomery, the British high commissioner to Nigeria. Speaking with NAN on Sunday, Montgomery said the policy is aimed at managing the pressure on social services in the UK. He urged Nigerians to see the new visa regime in a bigger context, saying it is “really a positive for Nigeria and the United Kingdom”. “Three years ago, there were 20,000 Nigerian students in British higher education institutions, and last year, the number increased to 127,000,” Montgomery said. “So, we had a five-fold…
Nigeria’s debt servicing cost has increased by 55.71 per cent to N1.24tn in three months, findings have shown. Data from the Debt Management Office shows that between October and December 2022, Nigeria paid N406.77 billion (about $312.27 million, or N143.74 billion) servicing its domestic debt, and N550.51 billion (about N550.51 billion) servicing its external debt. However, between January and March 2023, Nigeria spent N874.13bn on domestic debt servicing, while it spent $801.36m (N368.87bn) on external debt servicing, giving a total of N1.24tn. The exchange rate of the DMO, which was $1=N460.3 was used for the external debt servicing. The…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) reports that in the last six months, it has detained 136 drug dealers in Anambra. The state’s NDLEA commander, Daniel Onyishi, stated that the organization has convicted roughly 79 of the suspects apprehended for drug-related offenses on Saturday during an event commemorating the 2023 United Nations Drug Day in the state’s capital, Awka. He said the agency has so far seized 883.347 kilogrammes of illicit drugs, engaged youths across the 21 LGAs in the state and rehabilitated about 25 clients. He added that the agency recently carried out an enlightenment programme in higher…
The Enugu State Police Command has referred to a fictitious video clip that is now making the rounds as “untrue” since it claims to show that a particular area of the state is unsafe because of a number of kidnappings that have occurred there. “The first kidnapping incident took place around noon, another at 2 p.m., and another at 6 p.m.,” the video stated. The command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Sunday in Enugu that the footage is highly misleading According to him, there was no such serial incident of kidnapping on the same day…
There are indications that the administration of Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is on a collision course with the 23 local government chairmen elected in March 2022 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The local government chairmen have vowed not to obey Alia’s directive that they hand over the reins of power and proceed on suspension as recommended by the state House of Assembly. They said this while addressing journalists on Saturday on the assembly’s resolution and the directive by the Permanent Secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to suspend them on…
Why Naval Officer Slapped Me in US — Tinub President Bola Tinubu revealed that a naval officer once slapped him for overcharging him unintentionally when he was a taxi driver in the United States. This was revealed as he shared his humble beginning in a biography published on the back page of a national daily. The biography titled, ‘Tinubu: My life as gypsy cab driver in the US’, was authored by Mike Awoyinfa, a seasoned journalist. Tinubu, in the story, said he worked as unlicensed taxi driver in Chicago, the US picking passengers from the airport to their destinations. The…