archiveJanuary 2020

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has shifted its first Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of the year, earlier scheduled to hold on January 20-21, 2020 to January 23-24. In a tweet, the CBN said it regrets the shift and “any inconvenience this change may have caused its stakeholders...

  Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has commended the South West governors over the idea of the Western Nigeria Security Network, which has been code-named ‘Operation Amotekun’. Reactions have continued to trail Amotekun , the South West Security Network, launched on January 9, 2019 and which has since commenced operations...

  The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it has not released any date for the commencement of online registration in respect of 2020 Batch “A” Orientation programme. Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi, Director, Press and Public Relations of the scheme, made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. According...

  A principal of a secondary school in Lagos, Samson Adeyemo, has admitted before an Ikeja Special Offences Court that he had sexual relationships with two 17-year-old twin students of his school. Adeyemo, 41, who resides at No. 8, Odesanya St., Abule Egba, near Lagos, is the principal of Legati...

  The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has expressed concern over the 2019 Finance Bill signed into law today by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, stressing that the increase of Value Added Tax would adversely affect businesses. LCCI Director-General, Mr. Muda Yusuf, made this known in a...

Precious Cornerstone University (PCU), Ibadan, has entered into partnership with a foreign institution, All Saints University, Dominica, for collaborative efforts, aimed at adding value to teaching and learning. PCU is a faith based private university owned by the Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan, while All Saints University which specialises...

  inspects abandoned Akala expressway road project   Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has declared that his government would not demolish any property to facilitate road construction without adequately engaging with the owners and paying due compensations. Governor Makinde stated this during an assessment tour of the abandoned Kuola-Jakata-Benbo-Apata...

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in State House, Abuja signed the 2020 Finance Bill into law. This is sequel to its passage by the National Assembly and subsequent forwarding by the legislature to the President for assent. Recall that President Buhari, while presenting the 2020 Appropriation Bill to...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has shortlisted 162,399 out of the 828,333 candidates that applied for employment in the organisation last year. The organisation, said in a statement on Monday, that it followed its guidelines to notify the shortlisted applicants through their e-mail addresses and telephone numbers. According to the...

  The Supreme Court will today (Monday) deliver judgement that will affirm or cancel the election of governors of seven states in Nigeria. The Supreme Court which  at the weekend sent a hearing notice to the lawyers, did same last week when the judgement on some states were delivered after...