Disturbed by the exit of foreign airlines operating in Nigeria, the Senate yesterday disclosed its plans to summon the Aviation Minister, Senator Hadi Serika, with a view to finding lasting solutions to the problem bedeviling the aviation sector.Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Senator Adamu Aliero, made the disclosure yesterday while
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Seafarers of the NLNG Ship Management Limited (NSML), a subsidiary of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), have decried a proposed 50 per cent cut in salary.Speaking to journalists in Abuja, on Wednesday, a group representing the seafarers said the protest was a reaction to a mail sent to them
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni surprised residents of Kyeirumba village with a roadside phone call using a cheap ' kabiriti' on Monday. He sat on a chair by the road and spoke on the phone for about 30 minutes, as his security detail waited. He directed the officers not to block traffic. Museveni
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The Federal Ministry of Education and other stakeholders in the tertiary education sub-sector have agreed on N2,500 as the fee for post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening. This is contained in a statement issued by Prof. Michael Faborode, the Secretary-General, Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) in Abuja. Faborode said the
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… Nigerian Universities missed first 1000The Times Higher Education has released the ranking for best global universities on Monday July 11. The ranking is based on University core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most
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