archiveJanuary 27, 2020

  says Constitution Review Committee to be set up soon President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said on Monday that issues of security in the country, Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and electoral reforms are topmost on the agenda of the Senate as the upper chamber reconvenes on Tuesday. Lawan said...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) commenced trading for the week on a negative posture with the market indices down by 0.26 per cent. Specifically, the All Share Index (ASI) shed 75.85 points or 0.26 per cent to close lower at 29,552.99 compared with 29,628.84 achieved on Friday. In the...

  The Lagos State Government has banned commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as okada, and tricycles, also known as Keke Marwa, from operation on specified routes in six local government areas of the state. The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, disclosed this in a statement on Monday....

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) drafted its manifesto in 2014 with focus on social investments. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the vice president revealed this at the 5th edition of the Airtel Touching Lives event held...

  The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) management said the institution has been nominated for the prestigious “Top 100 Achievements 2020” award by the United Kingdom-based International Achievements Forum. According to Unilorim Bulletin issued on Monday, the award was contained in a letter conveyed to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, dated...

  The dissolved local government chairmen and councillors in Oyo State, under the aegis of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), on Monday, resumed in their respective offices. Prince Ayodeji Abass-Alesinloye, the state ALGON Chairman, told newsmen on Monday in Ibadan, that their members were fully back in their...

    Mr Peter Aghahowa, the Head of Corporate Communication of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), has advised retirees to visit their Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) in order to ascertain their level of qualification for the pension enhancement. Aghahowa in a interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

Olumide Oyedeji, one of Nigeria’s foremost basketball player, says the death of U.S. basketball legend, Kobe Byrant, would be felt by up-and-coming players who looked up to him. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Byrant died in a helicopter crash on Sunday morning in a hillside in Calabasas,...

  The South African Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to give necessary support for Operation Amatekun to survive. The party described “Operation Amatekun”, the new security outfit of the South-West Nigeria, “as a great initiative that requires necessary intervention for timely...

  Female faculty members at a flagship university in Egypt will not be able to wear the niqab, or full face veil, ruled the country’s top administrative court as it upheld a ban, state media reported on Monday. The High Administrative Court turned down an appeal by 80 researchers who...