archiveAugust 2019

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Mr Ade Ipaye as Deputy Chief of Staff to the President. Ipaye who was former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State works from the Office of the Vice President. The President has also approved the re-appointment of Adeyemi Dipeolu,...

”Today marks another milestone in the history of my second term in Office after Nigerians overwhelmingly voted the All Progressives Congress during the 2019 general elections. The outcome of the election was a clear testimony of the strong confidence of our people in this Administration, and we must not let...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has delisted two defunct banks- Skye Bank Plc and Fortis Microfinance Bank Plc. This brings an end to shares exchange for the defunct banks. The delisting was sequel to the decision of the National Council of the NSE, which had approved the delisting of the...

  The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday reserved judgment in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Atiku Abubakar against the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 2019 presidential election. The five-member panel of the tribunal led by Mohammed Garba reserved judgement...

  The Lagos State Examinations Board has released the results of the 2019/2020 Screening Test into Lagos State Junior Model Colleges and Upgraded Junior Secondary Schools. Dr Oluwafemi Hassan, Director, Lagos State Examinations, disclosed this in a statement released to newsmen in Lagos on Wednesday. Hassan said the candidates that...

  A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has kicked against the latest plan by the Department of State Services (DSS) to incriminate the convener of #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore. The group disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja in a statement jointly signed by Deji Adeyanju of Concerned Nigerians, Adebayo...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told the newly inaugurated Ministers there was an urgent task ahead of them to lift Nigerians out of poverty, secure lives and property as well as grow the economy. The party also said that Nigerians are also waiting for them to build infrastructure, bring...

Full list and minister's portfolio President Muhammadu Buhari has retained himself as Minister of Petroleum even as the former Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola who was hitherto in charge of Works, Power and Housing has been stripped of Power now in charge of Works and Housing. He announced Timipre Sylva...

The Market Operator of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Engr. Edmund Ejie, on Wednesday disclosed that the Federal Government has approved N600billion for injection into the nation’s electricity market. He broke the news to reporters at the Market Operator’s Participants/Key Stakeholders 2019 3rd Quarter Interactive Forum in Abuja. He...

  A newly built Post-Graduate Centre of Excellence at the Samaru campus of Ahamdu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, sponsored by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), will be inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, August 22. The CBN said the ABU Zaria project comes seven months after a...