The CBN, in partnership with the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBBS), said the scheme is to unify payments in Nigeria and bring in the unbanked population. According to NIBBS, the card will become effective on January 16, 2023. A statement by CBN’s Director of Corporate Communications, Osita Nwanisiobi in October 2022, said that due to…
COMPLETE LIST OF AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS AND PARASTATALS AFFECTED BY THE APPROVAL OF THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING [FEC] MEETING OF 26TH FEBRUARY 2023 ON THE ORONSAYE PANEL REPORT AGENCIES TO BE SCRAPPED1. Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate to be scrapped and functions transferred to the Federal Ministry of Finance2. National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC) to…
LOVE TEST STRIPIt is sad that there is no love test strip to test the loves we confess to each other. Just imagine our world with an invention like that…where the presence or absence of love can be seen on a strip like a pregnancy positive or negative. That would have solved more than half…
Communique Issued at the end of the 10th Meeting of the North-East Governors’ Forum (NEGF) Held in Bauchi, Bauchi State The Northeast Governors’ Forum (NEGF), comprising of the Governors of Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe held its 10th meeting on 17th May 2024 in Bauchi, Bauchi State. It expressed delight at the growing…
The Osun State Elections Petitions Tribunal has nullified the election of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and declared Gboyega Oyetola, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the July 16, 2022 election as the winner of the election. The Justice Tetse Kume-led panel in its judgement on Friday said there was…
By Yunusa Idris Balasa. An Advocate of Grassroots Enlightenment And Development Initiative. The Wurkun nation was one of the highly rated kingdom in the past.Largely because of her economic and political disposition.Today, Wurkun can not be equated with what we have in the past.Not because we have no potentials or lost them but because there…
By Jonathan Jolly Under the successful free education program initiated by Dr. Agbu Kefas, Dr. Augustina Godwin, the Commissioner of Education, along with Permanent Secretary Alh Idris A Goje, oversaw the distribution of schemes of work and thousand exercise books to schools across the state. The distribution event, held at the Post Primary Schools Management…
We can prepare the next generation of Nigerians to be patriotic enough to patronise made-in-Nigeria and support #GrowNairaBuyNaija by updating how we teach them the alphabet. Instead of the usual A for Apple and B for ball, why not: A for akara B for boii C for chin -chin D for dankwaE for egusiF for…
By Jonathan Jolly Dr. Augustina Godwin, the hardworking Commissioner of Education, was honored today with an Award of Excellence by Taraba News. The CEO of Taraba News, Mr. Olayinka Gabriel, along with his team, visited Dr. Augustina at the Ministry’s headquarters in Jalingo to present her with the award. Taraba News is a highly influential…
Dr. Augustina Godwin, the Commissioner of the Ministry of Education in Taraba State, attended a workshop organized by Save the Children International at Diamond Classic Hotels in Jalingo on 14th May, 2024. The workshop, held under the Global Partnership for Education, focused on implementing a transformative initiative to reach out to refugees in selected local…
