archiveAugust 2019

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the immediate termination of the appointment of the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC, Rev. Tor Ujah. This was contained in a statement by the Director (Information) at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie...

  The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2019 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination. The acting registrar, Abubakar Gana, announced the release at the council headquarters in Minna on Tuesday. He said 71 per cent of the candidates obtained five credits including English and mathematics. The...

    Electricity distribution companies are expected to repay this year N34.05bn of the loan disbursed under the Central Bank of Nigeria-Nigeria Electricity Market Stabilisation Facility programme. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission disclosed this in its 2016-2018 Minor Review of Multi-Year Tariff Order 2015 and Minimum Remittance Order for Year...

    A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mrs Mia Essien, on Tuesday decried sexual harassment of female lawyers by their senior colleagues, urging that lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) should condemn sexual assault and bullying. Essien, the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Legal Practice (NBA-LP), made...

South African leading logistics provider, Imperial Logistics Limited has entered into a share acquisition agreement with Nigeria’s oldest surviving and largest conglomerate, UACN Plc that will see Imperial Logistics acquiring the controlling equity stake in MDS Logistics Limited, a subsidiary of UACN. Under the agreement, Imperial Logistics will acquire additional...

  Nigeria Police authorities may dismiss two of its officers after allegedly working with a suspected kidnap kingpin Hamisu Bala Wadume. A top police source told The Guardian that the Assistant Superintendent of Police, Aondonna Iorbee, and Inspector Aliyu attached to Ibi Police Division might be dismissed for allegedly colluding...

  The United States Embassy in Nigeria Tuesday announced that Nigerians will be charged non refundable reciprocity fee or visa issuance fee in addition to the nonimmigrant visa application fee from August 29. “Effective worldwide on 29 August, Nigerian citizens will be required to pay a visa issuance fee, or...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to conduct a thorough investigation into the recent $9.6 billion UK court’s judgement against Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohaamed, stated this...

  Many people are feared dead as a Dangote truck carrying bags of cement crashed into a BRT bus in Ikorodu, Lagos. An eyewitness who spoke with SaharaReporters said the truck was headed inwards Lagos when it veered off the road and collided with the bus. He said the driver...

    The Presidency has urged Nigerians to disregard concocted stories, backed with spurious visuals, of any protest or harassment of the President Muhammadu Buhari and his team, who arrived in Japan on Monday. A statement by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja...