archiveAugust 20, 2019

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) on Tuesday confirmed the re-arrest of a notorious kidnapper from Taraba State, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume. Wadume was re-arrested from his hideout in Hotoro area of Kano State, following intelligence alert. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba disclosed that the wanted...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average price per litre paid by consumers for National Household Kerosene decreased to N316.03 in July from N316.43 in June. The bureau said this in its “National Household Kerosene Price Watch (July 2019)’’ obtained from its website on Tuesday in Abuja. The...

  President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan (middle) discussing with former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu (left) and former Minister of Labour, Senator Chris Ngige, during a solidarity visit by the Senate President to Ekweremadu, on Monday, 19th August, following the incident that happened in Nuremberg, Germany, at...

  The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that Stanbic IBTC will reward the top 30 candidates in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with scholarship worth N15 million. The all-inclusive scholarship will include best male and female students, best visually-impaired candidates in the 36 states of...

The Director General of the National Youths Service Scheme (NYSC) Brigadier- General S. Ibrahim, on Tuesday in Katsina ordered State Coordinators, nationwide to strictly enforce relevant extant rules that regulates the movement of corps members both on inter and intrastate and local government boundaries, as part of measures to stem...

PwC estimated that migrant remittances to Nigeria could grow to $25.5 billion, $29.8 billion and $34.8 billion in 2019, 2021 and 2023 respectively, PwC's latest White Paper Series, Strength from Abroad: The Economic Power of Nigeria's Diaspora, has said Migrant remittances were 77.2 per cent of the Federal Government's budget...

  Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will be swearing-in 35-man cabinet members to serve as commissioners and special advisers. The swearing-in ceremony has commenced at Adeyemi Bero Auditorium inside Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja. Secretary to Lagos State Government Folashade Jaji said the inauguration of cabinet members by Sanwo-Olu was...

The Federal Government has set up inter-security task force to conduct joint border security in four geopolitical zones of the country to tackle insecurity. The Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Customs Service, Mr Joseph Attah, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Attah said that the joint...

    Manchester United are working on identifying individuals who racially abused Paul Pogba online after the midfielder missed a penalty in Monday’s 1-1 draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. Pogba won a late penalty but had his effort from the spot saved by Wolves...

  The three commissioner-nominees, who were not confirmed on Monday by the Lagos State House of Assembly, were victims of high-wire politics, it was learnt. Three nominees are: Prince Olanrewaju Sanusi, Mr. Obafemi George and Ms Adekemi Ajayi-Bembe. A party source told The Nation that the Assembly could not resist...