archiveMay 2017

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has assured Nigerian teachers that the National Assembly will increase their retirement age from 60 to 65 years to retain more experienced teachers in public schools. Dogara disclosed this when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Union of Teachers...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange has continued its rally on Wednesday as the market All-Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization increased by 0.76 per cent while the year-to-date return stood at 9.76 per cent even as investors gained N77 billion in the day trading activities. The All Share Index...

Germany has contributed €25.5 million (US$28.5 million) to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to assist more than 730,000 hungry people in the four-nation Lake Chad Basin region that is battling the devastating Boko Haram insurgency, among other shocks. The contribution supports WFP’s activities in Nigeria (€10.5 million), Cameroon...

Fidelity Bank, one of the leading lender in tthe country, is building a new crop of young, dynamic and talented workforce through its graduate recruitment scheme. New inductees who passed out of the Fidelity Crest Academy after a rigorous three-month training programme were admitted into the Bank’s workforce at the...

The Peace and Reconciliation Committee of eminent personalities recently set up by Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson to look into the succession crisis rocking the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC)‎ on Wednesday submitted its report. The report of the committee chaired by Chief Joshua Fumudoh, was submitted to Dickson and...

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has given the Lagos State Government permission to go ahead with a total reconstruction of the International Airport Road from Oshodi. In a statement on Wednesday by the Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, Governor Ambode commended Osinbajo for his statesman like approach and...

The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) has entered into partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to provide support to its employability programme Uunder this partnership, the UNDP and LSETF have committed significant financial and technical resources for the Lagos State Employability Support Project between May 2017 and...

As Nigeria is getting ready to tackle South Africa in the 2019 AFCON qualifier, the country has invited 23 players for the match taking place on June 10th, 2017 at Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, at 5 pm Nigerian time: The invited players: Goalkeedpers Daniel Akpeyi Ikechukwu Ezenwa Dele...

The Coroner, Chief Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, while giving his verdict in Osogbo has said that all the evidence before him in no way pointed to poisoning as the cause of death of the late senator, as alleged in some quarters. The Coroner appointed by the Osun State Government to investigate...

Dangote Group is making a five-year investment of at least $1 billion to grow and process rice in seven Nigerian states, bringing sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest importer of the grain closer to its goal of self-sufficiency. Dangote Rice, a unit of the Lagos-based company, plans to increase cultivation of paddy, or...