By CrossRiverWatch Admin Cross River State Governor, Sen. Ben Ayade Sunday in Calabar attended the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day celebration. At the colorful ceremony held at the Millennium Park Cenotaph in the Cross River state capital, the governor called on governments at all levels to reflect on the sacrifices ex-servicemen have made for the
By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, The Punch Newspaper The Federal Ministry of Education has announced the deployment of 24 bursars to 24 Federal Unity Colleges across the country. The Punch Newspaper reports that the announcement came shortly after the deployment of some Directors in the ministry to unity colleges. In a circular obtained from the ministry by our
By Alex Binley, BBC News A rule banning unmarried Nigerian police officers from getting pregnant and ensured their sacking if they did, has been scrapped. In a landmark case, a judge ruled the regulation was discriminatory as it did not apply to male officers who got co-workers pregnant. The case was brought by a corporal
The Nigeria Labour Congress duly informed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, of the decision of the Ministry’s Office of the Registrar of Trade Unions to reject the four years audited reports of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole of The Punch Newspaper reports. The Punch Newspaper reports that ASUU had accused the Federal
By Johnson Agada, The Cable The new board members of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) were inaugurated on Wednesday in Abuja. The inauguration was conducted by Umana Umana, Minister of Niger Delta affairs. The senate had, on December 20, confirmed Lauretta Onochie, a presidential aide, as the chairperson of the NDDC board. A list of
By Etido Okon And Isaac Jarigbe One of the world’s best fictional writers, Chimamanda Adichie has been conferred with a chieftaincy title of ‘Odeluwa’ (she who writes for the world) by her community in Anambra State. Chimamanda Adichie hails from Abba in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. The writing genius, Chimamanda is
By Elijah Akoji, SolaceBase Mal. Audu Muhammed, 51, and his two wives Aisha and Khadijat, who are residents of Dubantu community in Hadeja LGA may have to wait for the announcement of the election result to see if their preferred candidates have been voted into power in the coming election. This is not because they
By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Federal Government on Monday said it has increased the number of disciplines in the Nigerian University System to 17. This was made known in a breakdown of the disciplines exclusively obtained by The Punch in Abuja on Monday. The Punch had earlier reported that the government, through the National Universities Commission