archiveDecember 16, 2019

Manchester City have drawn Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League, while Chelsea will face Bayern Munich in a repeat of the 2012 final. Defending champions Liverpool have been drawn to face Atletico Madrid, while Tottenham will face RB Leipzig in the first knockout round. Champions League...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N37 billion for the renovation of the National Assembly complex. The amount, which is included in the 2020 budget, is however not part of the N128 billion allocated for the National Assembly for next year, but it is part of the 2020 budget of the...

It is quite phenomenal how in recent years, both ecommerce players and retailers have used Black Friday to sweep thrifty shoppers off their feet. So much that the shopping event is no longer restricted to a single-day shopping spree but has rather taken over the entire month to become Black...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) crucial market indices opened trading for the week on Monday with a growth of 0.60 per cent following enhanced bank in interest. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N12.807 trillion rose by N77 billion or 0.60 per cent to close at N12.884 trillion....

The Electricity Consumer Protection Forum on Monday opposed the request by power Generation Companies (Gencos) and Distribution Companies (DisCos) for N1.2 trillion bailout from the Federal Government (FG). The group’s National Coordinator, Mr Adeola Samuel-Ilori, made its position known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has lifted the suspension of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, former governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and other members of the party. The National Working Committee of the APC announced that it has also lifted the suspension of ex-Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha,...

SIP is the first phase of our plan to fight poverty REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE SECOND ANNUAL ABIOLA AJIMOBI ROUNDTABLE SYMPOSIUM IN HONOUR OF THE 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF FORMER GOVERNOR OF OYO STATE, SENATOR...

I heartily felicitate with His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, on the occasion of his 77th birthday on Tuesday, 17th December, 2019. On behalf of the ninth National Assembly, I join Nigerians across and outside our great country in congratulating Mr President on his good health and exemplary life that has...

  The authorities of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) has sacked a professor and former dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Adeniji Adedayo Abiodun for sexually harassing a student. The University also dismissed Professor Chibuzo Orji of the Department of Science and Environmental Education, Faculty of Education, UNIABUJA, for falsification...

  The ancient town of Ada, in Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State and people of the neighbouring communities, in particular, and Nigeria, in general, have been blessed with an ultra-modern world-class health facility christened Saint Davis Hospital, Ada. Located along Ibokun road in Ada, the hospital was formally...