NSCDC Officials Lament Dichotomy Between HND/BSC Holders
Some officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) lamented the dichotomy between Higher National Diploma (HND) and university degree holders, saying this has greatly affected their career advancement. According to Punch, Officials who lamented unfair treatment and lack of career advancement at the NSCDC said that the disparity in work schedules has failed to boost the morale of HND holders at the NSCDC.
Pastor W.F. Kumuyi Celebrates 82 Years Birthday
Popular Holiness preacher and founder of Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor W.F Kumuyi Celebrates 82 years birthday today, 6th June, 2023. Photo credit: Google Pastor W.F Kumuyi was born in the year 1941, at Erin- Ijesha, Ogun State, Nigeria. He had his primary education at Mayflower school after that, he proceeded for his BSc at the University of Ibadan, where he bagged a first class degree in Mathematics, he then went ahead to obtained his PhD from the University of Lagos, he was also a lecturer of Mathematics at the same University of Lagos, till he went into full time ministry in 1982.
Ortom Appoints Acting Statistician-General, Benue State Bureau of Statistics
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has approved the appointment of Kumafan Dzaan as the Acting Statistician-General of the, Benue State Bureau of Statistics. In the letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Anthony Ijohor says the appointment takes effect from May 18th, 2023.
ASUP to Buhari: Sign BSC/HND Dichotomy Bill before May 29
Before he leaves office on May 29, President Muhammadu Buhari is urged to sign into law the bill to end the BSC/HND Dichotomy, according to the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). In an interview with Vanguard in Abuja, Comrade Anderson Ezeibe, National President of ASUP, stated that young Nigerians are no longer interested in studying in the country's polytechnic institutions because of the dichotomy.
Today's Headlines: Tribunal: Onaiyekan Backs Call For Live Broadcast, Alakija Remains UNIOSUN Chan—Osun Govt
Tribunal: Onaiyekan Backs Call For Live Broadcast Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Abuja Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, on Sunday, joined the call for live broadcast of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal proceedings, saying it should not be “like a secret meeting”. News Source: Arise TV
Today's Headlines: Abia LP commends NLC for calling off strike; Sanwo-Olu, Hamzat declare assets
Abia LP commends NLC for calling off strike Photo Credit: Punch Newspapers The Abia State Chapter of the Labour Party, led by Ceekay Igara, on Sunday, commended the organised labour in the state for showing solidarity with the incoming government of Alex Otti by calling off her two-week old strike.
ASUP urges President Buhari to sign BSC/HND dichotomy bill into law before 29 May
According to Punch, The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has launched a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to sign the bill abolishing the BSC/HND dichotomy before the end of his tenure on May 29. Comrade Anderson Ezeibe, ASUP National President, stressed in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja that the existence of the dichotomy has dampened the interest of Nigerian youths to pursue polytechnic studies in the country.
Today's Headline: We’ve Only 1 Witness Against Tinubu-APM, CBN Excludes Mint Co From Printing Cheque
We’ve only 1 witness against Tinubu, APM tells court Photo credit: Vanguard News The Allied Peoples Movement, APM, on Monday, said it would produce only one witness to establish its claim that the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was not the valid winner of the 2023 presidential election.
Today’s Headlines: Gunmen kill nine, injure others in Kaduna, Review 40% deduction policy to grow aviation industry, FG urged
Gunmen kill nine, injure others in Kaduna. News Credit: Daily Post Nigeria. Unknown gunmen have killed about nine farmers at Unguwan Danko, near Dogon Dawa village in Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State. Daily Post Nigeria learnt that the farmers were killed while they were working on their farms.
Today's Headlines: Sign BSC/HND Dichotomy Bill before May 29; Sovereign Trust grows premium by 20%
Sign BSC/HND Dichotomy Bill before May 29 Photo Credit: Vanguard Newspapers The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law the bill to abolish BSC/HND dichotomy before he leaves office on May 29. National President of ASUP, Comrade Anderson Ezeibe, who made the call in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja yesterday, said the dichotomy had made young Nigerians not to be interested in polytechnic education in the country.
Today's Headlines: I Can Swear I Never Stole A Kobo From Govt - El-Rufai, Nigeria Very Safe — Sekibo
I can swear I never stole a Kobo from Govt - El-Rufai Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has challenged his predecessors to come out and swear with Holy Qur’an that they did not steal from the government’s coffers when they were in office. The Kaduna State Governor who said this during a media chat on Sunday said he is ready to do so.