archiveJuly 5, 2018

  Anxiety deriving from the growing epidemic of sexual violence and homicides related to domestic abuse has attracted the focus of the panel of TV Series – Patito’s Gang in the episode to be aired on Saturday July 7; Monday July 9; and Wednesday July 11 from the various Channels...

  Alhaji Fatai Akinbade, a former Secretary to the Osun State Government,has been bestowed with an award of *Leadership and Love for People With Special Needs* by the Federal Government College of Education, Oyo. The award programme which took place on Tuesday during the maiden National Conference on Early Childhood...

  The wife of the Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has restated the need for women to understand the importance of healthy life as they represent a vibrant force in the economic development of a nation. Arabirin Akeredolu made the assertion when she led other members of the Forum...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said it was organising a three-day prayer and fasting to seek God’s intervention for an end to the growing rate of killings across the country. In a statement from the media assistant to the CAN President, Adebayo Oladeji, the association said it will also...

  After three days consecutive loss, transactions rebounded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday following gains posted by Dangote Cement. Consequently, crucial market indices rebounded by 0.65 per cent with the market capitalisation rising by N88 billion to close at N13.672 trillion against N13.584 trillion on Wednesday. Also,...

  President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has been appointed as 1st Vice President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). CAF’s Secretary General. Amr Fahmy, signed the letter that announced the appointment of the Delta-born football administrator into the exalted position. Pinnick replaced Ghana’s Kwesi...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has said that only malicious people were accusing him of condoning killings being carried out by suspected herdsmen. Buhari stated this while addressing a Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) delegation from the 19 northern states at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday,  insisting that killings...

Stakeholders in the business sector on Thursday reacted to the death of late elder statesman and one-time Minister of Finance, Malam Adamu Ciroma. Ciroma, who was also a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) died on Thursday in Abuja at 84. In separate interviews with the News...

Tracka, a transparency platform which allows citizens to collaborate, track and give feedback on public projects in their communities, has noticed some irregularities in the 2018 approved budget especially the N100 billion Zonal intervention projects nominated by members of the National Assembly. Considering the challenge of service delivery in the...

  The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has extended normal registration period for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates Second Series) to July 27, 2018. The examination, more popularly known as November/December WASSCE or wrongly called ‘GCE’ will hold between August and October. A statement...