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• To upscale NBTE allocation to 30% of education budget • NBTE vows to stamp out illegal institutions, advises Nigerians on patronage The House of Representatives has recommended a minimum of 15 per cent budgetary allocation to the education sector. Chairman, House Committee on Federal Polytechnics and Higher Technical Education, Adebgboyega Isiaka, disclosed this yesterday…
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Benue State has been ranked Nigeria’s epicentre of human trafficking between 2021 and 2022, with Ondo, Edo, Delta, Kano and Imo states following closely respectively in the infamous list. This was disclosed yesterday by the Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, in Abuja at the…
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Gunmen have abducted the Director of Servicom at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Patrick Egaga. Egaga of the Department of Special Education was reportedly taken away from the University Staff Quarters, on Sunday night, through the river that overlooked the staff quarters. Confirming the incident, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Calabar, yesterday,…
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.Lauds INEC for enhancing PWD participation in electoral process The Albino Foundation (TAF) Africa has called for enhanced security measures that can help to prevent or respond swiftly to incidents that threaten voter safety during elections. Programmes Manager of the non-profit organisation, George Anwayi, made the call at a news briefing in Owerri to assess the…
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Ndigbo Royal Heritage (NIROH) Worldwide has attributed the reported killings and electoral malpractices in Saturday’s off-season gubernatorial elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states to “poor management” of the last presidential election. President of NIROH, Dr. Paul Okoye, made this known to newsmen, yesterday, in Awka, Anambra State, while condemning the process leading to the outcome of…
