archiveMarch 2018

  The operators of Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres have appealed to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to give them a reasonable timeline to factor in its technical capacity in readiness for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which begins on Friday. Speaking under the aegis of The CBT...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to their owners will begin by middle of May, 2018. The Ebonyi INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Godswill Obioma, disclosed this at a strategic security interactive meeting on Wednesday in Abakaliki. The News Agency...

  Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has re-echoed his call on members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, (PDP) to close ranks and work together to brighten the prospects of the party ahead of the 2019 general elections. A statement issued on Wednesday by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Francis Ottah...

  The Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM) said it has set aside six billion naira as North-East Intervention Fund to support exporters in the region. The bank disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. It said that a delegation from the bank visited the region for an...

The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to make Nigeria’s Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), currently under the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), totally independent. The bill was passed after a conference committee of both houses of the National Assembly sat to harmonise differences in their reports. The report was...

  Senator Ben Bruce has attacked President Muhammadu Buhari for promising to  help Ghana on anti graft war, saying Buhari has not done enough in tackling corruption in his own country Buhari made the promise at the 61st Independence celebration of Ghana on Tuesday. Buhari told the President of Ghana,...

  Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly has revealed that he and his colleagues receive N13.5 million monthly as running cost. This would be the first time a member of the National Assembly will confirm speculations that Nigerian senators are earning N41.5 million quarterly...

  The Senate on Wednesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to review his position in withholding assent on the bill to establish Peace Corps of Nigeria. This followed the adoption of a Point of Order raised by Mr. Dino Melaye during plenary. Relying on the Senate rules, Melaye urged the Senate...

  The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to probe the alleged loss of over N2 billion and $3.8 million as a result of the non-payment of interest by banks from sale proceeds of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) successor firms. The House resolved to set up a...

  The U.S. has announced about 533 million dollars in humanitarian assistance for Nigeria, Ethiopia, Somalia, and South Sudan, as well as countries in the Lake Chad region. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said millions of people were facing life-threatening food insecurity and malnutrition as a result of ongoing...