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  Says media reports on legislation misleading, hysterical Wants NASS to engage NGOs, CSOs   Political Officer of the Embassy of the United States of America, Jerry Howard, on Tuesday described the Hate Speech bill before the National Assembly as an “impressive” piece of legislation needed to address issues of...

  An Oyo State-based Socio-political Organisation, the Oyo Kajola Group (OKG) has advised the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some purported members of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in the state to stop its relentless and meaningless attacks on Governor Seyi Makinde....

to have 130 centers of excellence across the continent in 10 years The African Development Bank and technology firm have launched the ‘Coding for Employment’ digital training platform (https://Coding4Employment.org/), an online tool to provide digital skills to African youth, wherever they are across the continent. The platform, launched at the...

  the total revenues from Value Added Tax (VAT) dropped by N36.8 billion to N275.12 billion in the third quarter of the year compared to N311.94 billion in the preceding quarter,  the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed. The NBS, in its sectoral distribution of VAT data for Q3...

  Data from the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has disclosed that the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed N2.273 trillion to the three tiers of government and other statutory recipients between July and September this year. NEITI in a statement signed by its Director of Communications, Dr. Orji...

The World Bank has said that another 4.5 million Nigerians joined the labour force in 2018, as the institution laments that the unemployment rate in Nigeria continues to remain a challenge. The World Bank has said that only 450,000 of the total number of recent Nigerians who joined the labour...

The International Press Institute (IPI) has declared that the Hate Speech Bill currently being debated at the National Assembly is inimical to press freedom and fundamental right to free expression. IPI, a body of global network of editors, publishers, media executives, communication scholars and experts in the communication industry, stated...

    Chairman of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Jim Ovia, has pledged the bank’s support for youths working on technological innovations and products that would assist digitalise the Nigerian economy. Ovia stated this at the bank’s  Tech Fair  in Lagos at the weekend with the theme Future forward. Ovia said...

Commercial motor drivers with more than one passenger on the front seat as well as cyclists with more than one passenger would henceforth be arrested and prosecuted for violation of Oyo State Road Traffic Law.This was disclosed yesterday by the Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA), Mogaji Akin...

Minister orders inquiry No fewer than five inmates were feared killed, while 10 others sustained injuries of various degrees on Monday following electrocution from a loosed electric cable inside the Ikoyi Correctional Centre in Lagos. That injured inmate were being treated at an undisclosed hospital as at 6.pm yesterday evening...