archiveJune 2017

The Bayelsa State Government has approved the immediate release of N2 billion, as its counterpart funds to the office of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The approval, which was part of decisions reached at the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting in Government House,...

Residents of the popular Games Village Estate in Abuja have cried out over the blocking of their estate by Lebanese Community in Abuja over development of a disputed land within the estate. The Secretary of the Games Village Residents Association, Jude Uze said: "Lebanese community said they have approval from...

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Chairman, Mr. Babatunde Fowler are among prominent figures expected at the 44th annual general meeting (AGM)/congress of the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) in Lagos. The event will hold from June 6 to 8 at the Golden...

Students of Bayelsa State origin studying in Ghana under the state government scholarship programme are now in jubilant mood following the release of N162 million by Governor Seriake Dickson to clear all their outstanding arrears.‎ ‎T‎he Governor's spokesman, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, who disclosed the development on Wednesday, said Governor Dickson gave...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has promised that plans by some tertiary institutions to increase tuition fees would be met with maximum resistance. NANS in a statement on Wednesday said he received the report that about 38 tertiary institutions have concluded plans to jack up tuition fees in...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization increased by 1.67 per cent, while the year-to-date return stood at 21.52 per cent as investors gained N103 billion in the first trading day of the week. The All Share Index closed at 32,657.30 against the previous...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has called on financial credit providers to increase lending to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Africa to 135 billion U.S. dollars. A statement issued by Mr Emeka Anuforo, the Communications Officer of the Bank, in Abuja on Wednesday said that increasing affordable loans...

The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, 19 Northern States and Abuja, has called on government to as a matter of urgency start considering the best ways that will address issues that have led to agitations by different groups in the country. CAN observed that there was the need for the...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates scheduled for mop-up examination to print their examination slip on June 28. According to JAMB spokesperson, Mr.Fabian Benjamin in a press statement on Wednesday , over 85,000 candidates are scheduled to sit for the mop-up examination following late registration and...

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has claimed that President Muhammadu Buhari has been on life support since June 6 at a hospital in West End, London and that he needs the prayer support of Nigerians. The governor made the claim in a personally signed statement he issued on...