archiveOctober 24, 2019

Dr Ernest Ndukwe, former Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says the three tiers of government in Nigeria are slow in adopting Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Addressing Nigeria eGovernment 2019 Conference on Thursday in Lagos, Ndukwe said Nigeria should embrace new technologies like other developing countries of the...

Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun on Thursday inaugurated his cabinet, almost a year after he was sworn-in as the governor. Oyetola, who was sworn-in as the governor on Nov. 27, 2018, appointed Mrs Funke Egbemode, the President Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE), as Commissioner for Information during the inauguration in...

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Thursday met with the leadership of the National Assembly on developing a working relationship that would ensure seamless passage of bills. Malami, for about an hour at the National Assembly, met with the President of the Senate,...

  The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has demanded further explanation on the 469 million dollars Abuja CCTV camera project from the Ministry of Finance. The Chairman of the committee, Rep. James Faleke (APC-Lagos), at a budget defence session with the ministry on Thursday in Abuja,  said that there...

The Federal Government has threatened to sanction trade unions that fail to submit details of their yearly audited accounts to the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Dr Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, in a speech at the fourth Quadrennial National Delegates Conference of the Hotel and Personal...

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has commended recent reforms carried out by the Federal Government, which reflected improvement in Nigeria’s ranking in the World Bank Doing Business 2020 Report. Its Director-General, Mr Timothy Olawale, made the commendation on Thursday in Lagos. NECA is the umbrella organisation of employers in...

Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) swayed southward on Thursday with the market indices reversing previous growth to drop by 0.15 per cent. Consequently, the All-Share Index (ASI) decreased by 40.70 points or 0.15 per cent to close at 26,357.24 against 26,397.94 achieved on Wednesday. Similarly, the market capitalisation...

The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Thursday recommended four Justices of the Court of Appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari for appointment as justices of the apex court. Mr Soji Oye, Esq, the Director of Information disclosed this in a statement in Abuja. Those justices include Adamu Jauro, from the North-east...

Nigeria and Russia on Thursday in Sochi, Russia, signed an important Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will enable both countries’ oil giants, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Russia’s Lukeoil to elevate commercial relationship to a government-to-government backed partnership. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on...

Barely a month after thunderbolt was said to have killed over 30 cows at Ijare in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, lightning has was said to have struck again. This time around, it was said to have killed eight cows at Ikare-Akoko in Akoko North East Local Government...