Buhari Directs TETfund To Increase Research Fund To N8bn     The President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) to increase research fund under the National Research Fund (NRF) scheme to the tune of N8 billion. The president gave...

CJA 2021: Blueprint Publisher, NITDA DG, Saliu Mustapha Bag Honorary Awards       The Publisher of Blueprint Newspapers, Alh. Mohammed Idris Malagi; the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi; and Turaki of Ilorin, Mallam Saliu Mustapha, will be...

NYSC Camp: An Experience Money Can't Buy, by Lawan Bukar Maigana     I arrived in Abuja on November 20th 2021 to spend a couple of days with different categories of people whom I never communicated with in my quest to foster...

DG Budget Akabueze Confirms 185 Duplications In 2022 Budget     The Director General of Budget Monitoring Office, Mr. Ben Akabueze, has described the 185 duplications in 2022 Budget as tolerable and negligible. He said 54 items were not correctly titled and not...

Reps Probe Contract Duplication, MDAs’ Illegal Recruitments, Job Racketeering       The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate illegal recruitments, nominal roll padding and duplication of projects by ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government. At the plenary on Thursday, the...

Buhari Transmits Finance Bill To NASS For 2022 Budget     President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted the Finance Bill 2021 to the National Assembly for consideration and passage to give legal backing to some of the proposals in the 2022 Appropriation Bill...