By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish a Federal University of Medical Sciences and Biomedical Technology across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. The bill was passed during plenary after the chamber considered a report on it by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary). Chairman of the Committee,…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) says it will establish a Digital Economy Centre, (DEC) in Kafanchan, headquarters Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna state to empower jobless youths. The project is to be sited at Government Secondary School (GSS), Kafanchan. This was contained in a letter dated August 7, 2023 addressed to the…
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has rejected calls by the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria (SCSN) for the removal of Joash Amupitan, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Bashir Umar, President of the SCSN, had made the call at the Council’s 2026 Annual Pre-Ramadan Lecture on Tuesday in Abuja. Umar said …
The Nigerian Army, on Monday handed over the 137 School Children, abducted in Kuriga, Chikun LGA, to the Kaduna state governor, Senator Uba Sani, to be reunited with their parents. The children were handed over to the governor at the Government House, Kaduna, by the Commanding Officer, 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Mayirenso Saraso….
Special Forces of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), have neutralised Mustapha Abdullahi, a notorious terrorist kingpin and five members of his group in Kaduna. In a statement on Sunday evening, Edward Gabkwet, NAF spokesperson, said the criminals met their Waterloo near Sabon Gida forest, along Sabon Birni Road in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna…
The National Board for Technical Education has called for a compulsory 50 per cent inclusion of skill acquisition in the curriculum for secondary school students. This, NBTE said would help the students to have a better understanding of their interests and abilities, and improve them in decision-making, thereby leading to their personal and professional development….
