archiveJune 28, 2019

  The governing council of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has suspended implementation of its new tariffs. The implementation was expected to have commenced on June 1 but did not go down well with some ‘stakeholders’ who resisted it, the agency explained. According to...

    Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) has predicted thunderstorm activities over most part of the country on Saturday The agency`s “ Weather Outlook“ on Friday in Abuja predicted cloudy conditions  over central states with chances of thunderstorm over Benue and Taraba states in the morning. It further predicted thunderstorms over...

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says starting from 2020, candidates will register for its examinations with their National Identity Management Number (NIM) to solve the challenges of multiple registrations. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head of Media of the board made this known at a one-day capacity building workshop organised...

Founder of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) Abuja, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, has threatened to sue celebrity photographer, Busola Dakolo, for alleging he raped her as a 16-year-old. Busola Dakolo, wife of soul singer, Timi, shocked the nation on Friday morning when he alleged Fatoyinbo raped her serially as a teenager...

  The Managing Director, Sunu Assurances Nigeria Plc, Mr Samuel Ogbodu, said the company would comply with the N10 billion new capital base recommended by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) for general insurance business by June 2020. Ogbodu disclosed this at the Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CAMCAN) quarterly...

Contrary to claims reported in sections of the media, the establishment of Ruga settlements is not being supervised by the Office of the Vice President. The Ruga initiative is different from the National Livestock Transformation Plan approved by State governors under the auspices of the National Economic Council (NEC) chaired...

Mr Chris Isiguzo, the President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has called on the Federal Government to urgently tackle the challenge of insecurity across the nation. He made the call during the National Executive Council Meeting of NUJ in Umuahia, the Abia capital, on Friday. Isiguzo said that...

President Muhammadu Buhari has given reasons again why Nigeria will not be rushed into the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) treaty. The AfCFTA treaty is one of the flagship initiatives of the African Union Agenda 2063, aimed at creating a single continental market for goods and services, with free...

  The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) ,Umaru Ibrahim, has appealed to the 9thSenate of the Federal Republic for the speedy passage of the NDIC Act, 2006 (as amended) currently before the National Assembly. The NDIC boss made the plea when the...

The Organised Business Sector under the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), on Friday, said that except the Federal Government stopped subsidising fuel, its debt profile would continue to increase. Mr Timothy Olawale, Director-General of NECA, said at a stakeholders’ forum in Lagos that business operators were concerned about government’s refusal...