archiveDecember 2019

  Nigeria leads Africa in the total annual number of premature pollution-linked deaths, the 2019 Global Pollution and Health Metrics published earlier in December showed. The West African country is ranked third in the world behind leader India and China. Nigeria also leads Africa in air pollution-related deaths during the...

  Banks customers on Monday commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for its move in slashing various banks charges. According to The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports customers in Abuja on Monday described the development as the right step in the right direction. On Sunday, the apex bank...

Prospective candidates for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) are to participate in the exercise on March 14 as the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) said it has began preparation. The date was announced by JAMB on Monday, December 23, saying the examination will hold between March 14...

  Telecommunication giant, Globacom, sparkled recently in London when it was adjudged as the “Brand of the Year” 2019-2020 Telecommunications-Mobile at the 2019 World Branding Awards. The organizers of the award, World Branding Forum (WBF), said Globacom was chosen along with other international brands following a survey and global poll...

  The military at the weekend retired 527 soldiers, ratings and airmen from service with a charge to remain committed, loyal and patriotic to the Nigerian State. The retirees, comprising 228 from the Nigerian Army (NA), 118 from the Nigerian Navy (NN) and 181 trainees from the Nigerian Air Force...

The Federal Government (FG) is making moves to rescue Nigerians trapped in various mining areas in Mali. The government through the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has begun profiling the victims and working out modalities for evacuating them back to Nigeria. This is being done...

  Lagos State government, at the weekend, signed a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement with six private property developers to deliver 8,272 units of hostel in 18 months at the Lagos State University (LASU) campus thus making it a residential institution after 36 years of existence. The deal will...

  An extra-time goal from Roberto Firmino gave European champions Liverpool a 1-0 victory over Brazil’s Flamengo to win the Club World Cup at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on Saturday. Brazilian Firmino drilled home the winner in the ninth minute of extra time to secure victory for Juergen...

  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has said that the largest cash bribes were paid to elected local and state government officials as revealed by the 2019 Corruption Survey. Relatively large average amounts were also paid to embassy and consulate officers, prosecutors, Federal Road Safety Corps officials,...

  sets up committee to dialogue with workers says' govt's successes in six months due to prudent management, personal sacrifices   Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Saturday that his government was on the same page with civil servants on the new N30,000 minimum wage for workers. The...