archiveJuly 2019

    The Anambra State Government has said that teachers without requisite qualifications will be disengaged by December 31, 2019. Commissioner for Basic Education, Prof. Kate Omenugha, gave the directive in a statement by the Public Relation Officer of the Ministry, Mr Nnaemeka Egwuonwu. Omenugha said the deadline was in...

    Egypt’s economy grew by 5.6 per cent in the 2018/19 fiscal year and is “on the right track’’ as it completes IMF-backed reforms, Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli said on Wednesday. Madbouli said the budget deficit came in at 8.2 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which was...

A Professor of Health Education, Bidemi Idowu says no time is too long or stale to report rape or sexual abuse, as long as there is actually a case to answer . Idowu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of delivering...

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, has pledged the commission’s commitment to help the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in checkmating the menace of mobilising unqualified graduates by some institutions of higher learning. He made the promise when the Director General of...

The Senate has confirmed Ibrahim Mr Tanko Muhammad as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Thursday last week requested Muhammad’s confirmation. His request was sequel to the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to make Justice Muhammad the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. Muhammad...

  Prof Kingsley Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says Lagos accounting for 70 per cent of credit facilities in Nigeria is unacceptable. He said this could not be a model of sustainable finance. Moghalu said this in Lagos on Wednesday in his keynote  address...

  The Senate has gone into an executive session to confirm Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. The confirmation was included in the Order Paper of the day. It was, thus, expected that Mr Tanko will be screened and confirmed during plenary – as is the...

  The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) has ordered the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC),Zamfara State to produce documents requested by the petitioners in the subpoena issued on them. Tribunal’s Chairman, Justice Mohammed Garba issued the order on Wednesday on...

  The third-place match of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) taking place today (Wednesday) pitches Nigeria’s Super Eagles against the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia. Having failed to reach the final of this year African soccer showpiece, as both Nigeria and Tunisia were defeated in the semi-final matches  by...

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Wednesday approved the appointment of 27 new Permanent Secretaries and three Tutors-General in the state civil service. A statement by Mr Segun Ajiboye, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, in Akure said the appointment was to encourage and reward hard-working public service workers...