archiveNovember 2017

  Poets from around the world have commended Nigerian Breweries Plc for sponsorship of the Lagos International Poetry Festival (LIPFEST 2017). The commendation was made at the weekend during the closing ceremony of the festival, which held at Freedom Park, Lagos where various poets wrapped up the festival with amazing...

For the second time in two years, Bayelsa State‎ has emerged overall best in the National Festival for Arts and Culture ‎(NAFEST) competition which came to a climax last Saturday. Kaduna and Lagos stares came second and third respectively while Delta and Ogun states were joint fourth.‎ As expected, the...

The Bayelsa State Government has expressed gratitude to all those who graced the commissioning and dedication of the State Ecumenical Center as well as the 2017 Annual Thanksgiving. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson in a statement on Monday, thanked all those who made the event a...

  The Lagos Business School, Pan Atlantic University, has graduated 296 students from 13 Executive Programmes. The courses are Management Acceleration Programme (MAP 1 and MAP 2), Agri-Business Management Programme (AgMP 5 and AgMP 6), Senior Management Programme (SMP 61, SMP 62 and SMP 63), Owner Manager Programme (OMP 22,...

  The recession was just not something that occurred in a cyclical fashion – not just another economic occurrence. No! It was unbridled corruption on a scale that was unprecedented anywhere in the world. Address by the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo...

Banks are bracing for the effects of a likely  forfeiture of funds in accounts without the Bank Verification Number ( BVN ). Should the government enforce the court order on such accounts, the banks will recall loans from customers; and lay-off staff. Speaking yesterday on the development, former Registrar/Chief Executive,...

  The Senate of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife has denied news that the institution has concluded plans to increase tuition fees next session. A statement by the University’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, said that the authorities of the University had no intention whatsoever to introduce tuition...

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, has said that the closure of the National Economic Reconstruction Fund (NERFUND) was based on the recommendations of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) special examination report of September 30, 2013. Isa-Dutse who disclosed...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has expresses fear over the 2019 election. He explained that he was crying out to Nigerians to urge the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the relevant legislations to enable the commission prepare for the general...

    The recently concluded Global Nutrition Summit 2017, held in Milan, Italy, convened governments, international agencies, foundations, civil society organisations and businesses to accelerate the global response to malnutrition, an underlying cause of nearly half of all global child deaths. A major highlight of the Summit was the pledge...