archiveJanuary 16, 2019

  The University of Lagos (Unilag) on Wednesday launched its television station, Channel 184 on StarTimes Digital Broadcasting Channel, making the institution the first university to run a campus television station not only in Nigeria, but in West Africa. Speaking at the launch, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, said...

Presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) Dr Oby Ezekwesili, has said  that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can’t reduce poverty in Nigeria because they lacked ideas that could produce the desired results. The former minister made this assertion while addressing...

  The Lagos Diocese of the Anglican Church said it would soon embark on the construction of a N5bn Centenary City to address the housing needs of low income members of the church. The Anglican Diocesan Bishop of Lagos, Rt. Rev. Humphrey Olumakaiye, disclosed this on Wednesday in Lagos at...

  The equity transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday gained 1.07 per cent, sustaining bullish run to three consecutive days. The performance was driven by gains in industrial goods stocks particularly Dangote Cement Plc (+4.4 percent), Guinness Nigeria (+9.7 percent) and UBA (+2.1 percent). Specifically, the NSE...

The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation has asked the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit to freeze the bank accounts of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. In a letter dated January 14, 2018 with reference number HAGF/2019/E06/Vol.01, the AGF said the order was in line with Executive...

  The Lagos State Government and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have sealed a major partnership to enhance provision of infrastructure in key sectors and strengthen the State’s long-term financial sustainability through improved revenue generation strategies. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (3rd left); Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Ladi Lawanson...

The Nigerian Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, Ibrahim Isah, is dead after a protracted illness. The Federal Government, in a statement by the spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, George Ehidiamen Edokpa, said Isah, a career diplomat, passed on after a protracted illness on Tuesday, January 15, 2019, in Abidjan. Aged 59,...

  A lawyer, Onyeamaechi James, has petitioned the Nigerian Bar Association to sanction a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Aliyu Umar, for alleged professional misconduct. Umar is the Prosecution Counsel in the six-count of false assets declaration filed against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, at the Code of Conduct...

  Former Police spokesman, Frank Mba, ACP, has been reclaimed Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO). Mba replaces erstwhile Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, TVC reports. Mba studied law at the University of Lagos, and was called to the Nigerian bar in 2002. The police spokesman, who hails from Ezimo...

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, increased to 11.44 per cent (year-on-year) in December 2018 compared to 11.28 per cent in the preceding month of November, according to It stated that the 0.16 per cent points increase from...