archiveMay 2019

  President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted Nigerian journalists as they join their professional colleagues across the world to mark World Press Freedom Day. President Buhari, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Thursday, urged the journalists to use the day...

  Osinbajo to deliver convocation lecture   The Lagos State University (LASU) has produced the highest First Class in its 36-year-old history as the institution announced that it has produced a total of 57 First Class graduates in the 2018/2019 in academic session its different faculties. It produced 26 First...

The Federal Government has decried the performance of Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) since the privatization of the power sector in 2013. The government also said plans were underway to review the privatization of the power sector. The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said this at the 2019 workers’ day celebration in...

An Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Thursday granted bail to the Director-General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr. Modibbo Kawu. Kawu and three others, including Dipo Onifade, Lucky Omoluwa, who is the Chairman of Pinnacle Communications Limited, as well as the company, are facing charges of corruption....

  The United Nations has thrown its weight behind the quest of the African Development Bank to provide electricity to 250 million people in Africa through its ‘ Desert to Power’ electricity initiative. A statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday revealed that the United Nations Secretary...

  Nigerian House of Representatives has again summoned President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before its chamber to explain what his government was doing to address insecurity situation in the country. The House of Reps sent the invitation to President Buhari during its Thursday plenary in Abuja following members’ anonymous adoption...

The arraignment of the Group Managing Director of Access Bank Plc, Herbert Wigwe, before an Ikeja Division of the Lagos State High Court was stalled Thursday due to the absence of the defendants. Joined in the suit are Cast Oil & Gas Ltd as the first defendant; Seyi Sanni, second...

      The Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command, Mr. Ahmed Abdulrahman to the Force Intelligence Bureau, Abuja. A statement by the Force spokesman, Mr. Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police Wednesday...

  Mr Godwin Idemudia, the General Manager, Corporate Communications of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), on Thursday expressed the company’s readiness to commence Meter Assess Providers (MAPs) scheme to customers within its network. Idemudia told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the MAP programme would address some...