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The Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje, has warned that in the next 10 to 20 years, university education will become irrelevant unless skills are imbedded into their curriculum. He asked the federal government to reposition the nation’s polytechnics to deliver on skills acquisition. Bugaje spoke in an…

Over 500 bandits said to have protested against the arrest of one Alhaji Masume, father to two of the bandits, reportedly laid siege on Tsafe town, Headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara state. They were said to have demanded for the release of  Masume who was arrested by security operatives in Tsafe cattle…

Shuaibu Miqati, Chairman,  Kaduna State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Appeal and Reconciliation Committee,  has described the defections of some prominent chieftains of the party in Kaduna to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as “a sad and worrisome development.” On Saturday, 50 prominent members of PDP in Kaduna state were received into the APC by…

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), has condemned renewed violence in Jos, Plateau state. In a statement on Sunday, spokesman of the forum, Mr. Emmanuel Yawe, called on religious and traditional leaders to impress on the people to exercise restraint and not take the laws in their hands. The statement said no religion – neither Chrianity nor…

The pastor of the church that was demolished in Maiduguri by the Borno state government, Rev. Shawulu Ndahi, has asked the Borno state government to rebuild the church. He also demanded compensation for the family of Mr. Ezekiel Bitrus, who was allegedly killed by an operative of the Borno Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) attached…