BusinessDay newspaper has reported that about 612 may licensed Microfinance Banks (MFBs) in Nigeria may close shop if they fail to meet the recapitalisation deadline the first threshold of which is due by the end of April, although the final deadline will be in 2022. The banks were established to meet the financial needs of…
By Yemi Itodo When Benue State was created by the military administration of General Murtala Mohammed, on 3rd February 1976, it was a dream come true for Benue people, especially for the founding fathers, like the Late Joseph Tarka, who led the struggle for the creation of a state for the Middle Belt minorities for…
The Kaduna state ministry of education has directed public schools in the state to migrate to the 4-day working week introduced by the state government, as the schools reopen on Monday for second session of the 2021/2022. The Commissioner for Education, Halima Lawal, who gave the directive in a statement in Kaduna, also called on…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the re-appointment of Dr. Bayero Farah, as the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institute of Transport Technology, (NITT), Zaria, for a second tenure of four years. In a statement on Friday in Kaduna, John Kolawole, Head, Press and Public Relations Unit of the NITT, said Farah’s reappointment…
By Joseph Kwewum In the 2014 National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft, the Philadelphia 76ers selected Joel Hans Embiid with the third overall pick. The 7’0”, 280-pound big man quickly became a revelation for a franchise deep into a rebuilding process. Even more exciting was Embiid’s willingness to fully embrace the plan laid out by general…
The Plateau state governor, Simon Lalong, has apologised to the Catholic Church over comments he made while defending his appointment as the Director General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council. The apology came less than 24 hours after some aggrieved members of the Catholic Church, under the auspices of Concerned Catholics in Nigeria…
