Saudi Arabia to Allow Women Into Stadiums
Women in Saudi Arabia would be allowed to attend football matches on Friday for the first time in the conservative kingdom, authorities said on Monday. Female fans would enter major sports stadiums in the Kingdom to attend three football matches involving local sides as part of the Saudi Professional League competition, the government-run Centre for […]
NOUN VC urges capacity building for basic, secondary schools teachers
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto THE Vice Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria(NOUN), Professor Abdallah Uba Adamu has observed that for quality and standard to be achieved in basic and secondary educational institutions, effective and efficient capacity building for teachers must be prioritised. He described education as key to national development, noting that the world was […]
Maina: Court refuses AGF’s request to stop Senate probe
A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused an application by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) seeking to stop the Senate probe into the reinstatement of the former chairman of the pension task force, Abdulrasheed Maina into the civil service. Justice Binta Nyako yesterday ordered that […]
Yellow Feaver: 9 Killed, 16 States Affected
At least nine people have reportedly been killed in an outbreak of Yellow fever in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in its latest situation report. The current outbreak was first recorded in a young girl at Owa community of Ifelodun local government area (LGA) of Kwara state on September 12, 2017. According […]