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5 days ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Frank Ikpefan |Alao Abiodun
Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has raised a committee to reconcile the Director-General of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Issa Aremu and feuding staff members of the institute. Onyejeocha announced this during a peace meeting at MINILS headquarters in Ilorin, Kwara State. The committee is to address grievances of the workers, monitor leadership performance and recommend reforms. “Let us embrace this as a new beginning.
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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Sanni Onogu |Gbenga Omokhunu |Jide Babalola |Frank Ikpefan
There was outrage yesterday over the spate of killings in Benue State. Governors, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) called for urgent action. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Sunday mandated a reinforced security team to halt the killings. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said no fewer than 6,527 people have been displaced from the latest killings.
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2 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Precious Igbonwelundu |Frank Ikpefan |Gbenga Omokhunu |Tosin Tope
Protesters demand end to insecurity, hunger in Ibadan, Ondo, OsunHundreds of youths yesterday took to the streets in some city centres, including Lagos and Abuja, to drum support for President Bola Tinubu. The youths, under the auspices of “Team Nigeria” and decked in national “green-white-green” colour, urged the government to continue with policies that would better the livelihoods of the masses.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Frank Ikpefan |Damola Kola-Dare |Alao Abiodun
Students involved in examination malpractice during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) should be barred from sitting for any external examinations by the West African Examination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO) and the National Board for Technical Education (NABTEB) for three years, the Federal Government has directed.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Frank Ikpefan |Damian Duruiheoma |Alao Abiodun
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has launched an investigation into alleged technical glitches during the conduct of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Frank Ikpefan |Alao Abiodun
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has threatened to sanction beneficiary tertiary institutions that fail to meet its performance benchmarks or mismanage allocated funds. The agency said it would de-list such tertiary institutions from its support programmes. Its Executive Secretary, Sonny Echono, gave the warning at a one-day strategic engagement with heads of institutions, bursars, and heads of procurement of the agency’s beneficiary institutions yesterday in Abuja.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Bolaji Ogundele |Jide Babalola |Gbenga Omokhunu |Frank Ikpefan |Alao Abiodun
The one-party state controversy, which arose after a spate of defections into the All Progressives Congress (APC) since the tsunami in Delta State, deepened at the weekend. Many commentators and opposition figures have accused the APC of plotting a one-party state by wooing and winning over opposition political office holders – governors, federal and state lawmakers.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Eric Ikhilae |Frank Ikpefan
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by MultiChoice against the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) for restraining it from effecting price increase. In a judgment delivered yesterday, Justice James Omotosho held that the suit constituted an abuse of the process of the court. The judge held that the suit was filed after a similar suit had been filed on the same issue by Festus Onifade, with MultiChoice and FCCPC as parties in the suit.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Frank Ikpefan |Victoria Amadi |Damola Kola-Dare |Alao Abiodun
Seventy-five per cent of the 1,955,069 candidates who wrote this year’s University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scored less than 200 out of the 400 maximum marks. Statistical analysis of the results released yesterday by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) indicated that 420,415 candidates scored above 200 marks while 7,658 had between 300 and 319. Those who recorded above 320 marks in the examination written between April 25 and last Friday are only 4,756.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Frank Ikpefan |Alao Abiodun
A non-governmental organisation, YouthHubAfrica has trained 80 youth in the Federal Capital Territory on agroecology. The youth, who participated in the training, were selected from Waru, Dukpa, Bwari, Garki, New Jerusalem and Kabusa communities. The participants were selected based on their access to farmland and willingness to engage in long-term agricultural ventures.
