The Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa (SGCI) has announced that the Nigeria Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has joined the initiative to advance research excellence in sub-Saharan Africa. “TETFund is an agency set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria to provide supplementary support to all levels of public tertiary institutions. Its Research…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered N5.4billion for the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. Professor Muhammad Nasir Sambo, Executive Secretary, NHIS, disclosed this on Thursday July 29, 2021 when he led the management of the agency on a courtesy visit to the headquarters of the EFCC, Jabi, Abuja. “In total, the EFCC…
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) has released its unaudited results for the half-year ended June 2021, recording significant improvement across its major income lines. The Conglomerate with strategic investments in the Power, Hospitality, and Energy sectors, recorded a profit after tax of N6.5bn, rising by 713% up from N0.8bn recorded in June of the…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Friday, called on the federal government to address the looming food crisis before it becomes a calamity. Atiku in a statement on his social media page said the warning given by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations on Wednesday, of a looming acute food crisis in…
The Inspector General of Police has ordered an internal review of the allegations against Abba Kyari, a highly celebrated police officer. The United State of America’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigators found Kyari, a deputy commissioner of police indicted in the investigation of alleged fraudster, Ramon Abbas, popularly called Hushpuppi and has ordered for…