archiveJune 11, 2019

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has given N65 million to 11 universities in Nigeria to boost the telecommunication sector. Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, made this known at the presentation of award letters to the winning universities. Danbatta said that the award was in recognition of...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the newly elected presiding officers of the Ninth National Assembly. Sen. Ahmad Lawan, from Yobe, on Tuesday, emerged new Senate President when he polled 79 votes to defeat his only contender,  Sen. Ali Ndume, from Borno, who scored 28 votes. The House of Representatives...

Key stakeholders in federal universities across the country on Tuesday pegged 160 as the minimum bench mark for admission of candidates for the 2019/2020 academic year. The decision was reached at Joint 19th Policy Meeting on Admissions to tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The event held in Gbongan, Osun. The News...

  Senator Ahmed Lawan has been sworn in as the President of the ninth Senate by the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori. This followed Lawan’s defeat of Senator Ali Ndume by 79 votes to 28 in an election that saw 107 senators vote. Sani-Omolori administered the Oaths of...

  The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus has advised legislators of the ninth Assembly to guard their independence jealously. Secondus in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Ike Abonyi on Monday in Abuja, urged the legislators-elect to refuse to be intimidated. He said...

  Alhaji Abubakar Bwari, the immediate past Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, said about N20 billion has been spent from the N30 billion mining Intervention Fund given to the ministry. Bwari disclosed this at a reception organised for the Bwari by the ministry on Tuesday night in Abuja....

An aviation and tourism expert, Mr Ikechi Uko, on Tuesday said Nigeria should develop an Aviation Masterplan so as to maximise the abundant opportunities in the sector. Ikechi, who is the promoter of the Akwaaba African Travel and Tourism Expo, made the suggestion while speaking with the News Agency of...

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that it has so far invested about $1 billion on small businesses and infrastructure in Africa, president of the bank, Dr Akinwunmi Adesina,  said. Adesina disclosed this on Monday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, at a press conference to herald the AfDB's 2019...

As the 9th Assembly begins sitting today with the election of the principal officers, the nation’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to tackle the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) by endorsing Ali Ndume for Senate President and Umar Bago as Speaker of the House...