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INEC promises Nigerians technology-driven elections Gbenga Odogun, Lokoja THE Independent National Electoral Commission has said that technology will drive Nigeria’s electoral process. INEC’s National Commissioner, and Chairman, Information and voters Education, Festus Okoye, said this at a workshop for staff of the Commission’s Voters Education and Publicity Department, with support from the International Foundation for Electoral System, held in Lokoja. Okoye said, “The commission pla...

Punch Newspapers Sections Grace Edema Published 12 March 2021 The Special Advisers on Education to the Lagos State Governor, Mr Tokunbo Wahab, has said education is now about Information Communication Technology and ability of teachers to impact the required knowledge. Wahab said this at the unveiling of the Eko Digital Skills Initiative. He also said the past 12 months had shown that education did not rely only on the four walls of a structure, “Education is now about ICT and how we can imp...

Punch Newspapers Sections Friday Olokor, Abuja Friday Olokor, Abuja Published 12 March 2021 The 36 states in Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory have not accessed N41.06 billion matching grant in the coffers of the Universal Basic Education Commission as of March 2021, its Executive Secretary, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has said. According to him, about N143 billion matching grant is accessed by states and FCT from 2017 to 2020, out of the N184.8 billion that was made available by the commissio...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 12 March 2021 Bubba Malam hails from Katsina State. It is the home state of Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Malam calls himself Hausa-Fulani because his father is Hausa, and his mother is Fulani. Recently, Malam shared with his friends on social media his thoughts about Nigeria’s President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces, and his style of governance. It was a mouthful expression of personal opinion: “When we told ...

Ogun to start school re-branding Dapo Abiodun Published 12 March 2021 Ogun State Government has identified 33 public schools to pilot its modern teaching equipment and infrastructure programme  in the state.   The state Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, said this  at the 2020-2021 annual quiz competition sponsored by SG Holdings Foundation in Abeokuta. Arigbabu explained that the initiative was to  provide world-class teaching aids and Infrastruct...

Man remanded for scamming US state of $8,000 COVID-19 fund Published 12 March 2021 Justice P. Mallong of the Kaduna Federal High Court has ordered the remand of one Collins Samuel in a custodial centre for allegedly defrauding the United States of America of the sum of $8,000. Samuel, under the guise of being an American citizen, reportedly received the $8,000 offered to citizens of Virginia State under its Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. He was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Wale Oyewale, Ibadan Published 12 March 2021 Leaders of thought in Yoruba land are billed to deliberate on insecurity in the nation in general and the South-West in particular in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The stakeholders are expected to meet under the auspices of the Pan Yoruba Congress. A statement signed by the Congress Committee Chairman, Ogbeni Sola Lawal, on Thursday read that the meeting would hold at the Mapo Hall by 11am on t...

Deposit Money Banks owe telecommunications companies N42bn for services provided by the mobile network operators through the Unstructured Supplemen...

The Federal Government has directed the Nigerian Embassy in Benin Republic to offer consular services to Ogun community residents who fled to the f...

Foundation to support 2,000 entrepreneurs hit by COVID-19 Nike Popoola Published 12 March 2021 FATE Foundation said it has launched a new programme with Youth Business International to support 2,000 young entrepreneurs hit by the economic impact of COVID-19 It said this in a statement on Thursday titled ‘Fate Foundation launches new programme with youth business international, to support young entrepreneurs hit by the economic impact of COVID-19’. Funded by the Standard Chartered Foundatio...