archiveMarch 15, 2019

  Barely three days after the Lagos incidence, a two-storey building collapsed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The yet-to-be-completed building crashed down on Friday evening leaving several construction workers trapped in the rubble. An eyewitness said that the incident occurred at about 6 p.m at Sogoye, around the popular...

Panel to take stock of efforts, make preparations for administration’s second term Following President Muhammadu Buhari recently approval of the establishment of the Policies, Programmes and Projects Audit Committee, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday, in Abuja, inaugurate the committee. Speaking at the inauguration, Osinbajo said the essence of the...

Access Bank Plc on Friday declared a profit after tax of N95 billion for the financial year ended December 31, 2018. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the profit after tax grew by 58 per cent compared with N60.07 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2017. The...

Lionel Messi will lead his Barcelona teammates to Old Trafford to face Manchester United in the Champions League quarterfinals. Man United was drawn Friday to face the five-time champions, who beat the English club in the 2009 and 2011 finals. Messi scored in each of those matches. Still, United beat...

After over 60 years of exploration, Nigeria still has over 41 billion barrels of crude oil reserves untapped, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has disclosed. Nigeria discovered crude oil in 1956 at Oloibiri in the present-day Bayelsa State. Production began a  later...

A total of 49ersons were said to have been killed and at least 20 others injured as gunmen attacked two mosques in New Zealand. The gunmen were reported to have opened indiscriminate fire at worshippers, including women and children, who had gathered for Friday prayers, Al Jazeera reports. New Zealand’s...

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has launched the REPORTGOV.NG App, an official public service feedback and complaints platform to support business climate reforms implemented by the Council since 2016. According to a statement by Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, SSA Industry, Trade & Investment to the President, Office of the...

  Recalls various Next Level campaign encounters with the people Says Buhari’s administration will connect more with the people in second term REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF YEMI OSINBAJO, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE PMB/PYO VOLUNTEERS’ APPRECIATION DINNER, BANQUET HALL, ABUJA, ON THE 14TH OF...

The Lagos State Government on Friday began the demolition of marked dilapidated buildings in Lagos Island in Lagos few days after the building collapse that killed about 14 persons  on Lagos Island in Lagos. The state government had earlier earmarked about 140 building for demolition on Lagos Island. 29 of...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released the data for the February 2019 inflation report, showing that Nigeria’s headline consumer price index moderated for the second consecutive month at  11.31 per cent year on year (y/y) in February as against 11.37 per cent in January. Food inflation rose by...