archiveFebruary 18, 2020

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has concluded plans to establish laboratories in the six ge-opolitical zones for testing products and ensuring standardisation in the country. Mr Bola Fashina, Special Assistant to the Director-General of SON, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...

  The Securities and Exchange Commission Nigeria (SEC) on Tuesday advised state governments to establish companies for specific target projects in order to boost their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). Ms Mary Uduk, Acting Director-General, SEC, gave the advice while speaking at the ongoing Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) 2020 Retreat...

The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has opposed the formulation of a new law to fight sexual harassment of female students in higher institutions, it rather canvassed for the review of existing laws to adequately address the issue of sexual harassment in higher schools. National President of ASUU, ...

  Eighty four people died in road traffic crashes in Edo, Delta and Anambra from October to December last year. Mr Kehinde Adeleye, Zonal Commanding Officer of Zone Rs 5 of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has felicitated with the First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, and Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State over their birthday celebration. In a statement signed by its Chairman, Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, in Abuja on...

Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, says that constitutional amendment is needed before Nigerians in diaspora can be allowed to vote. Gbajabiamila said this at the Diaspora Voting Stakeholders Workshop in Abuja. He said that millions of Nigerians, who resided outside the country, had as much a...

The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, adjourned the hearing of the fresh application that sacked the governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, filed to be restored back to the office, till March 2. The development came as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad announced his headship of a...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 12.13 per cent year-on-year in January 2020. The NBS made this known in its report on Inflation released on Tuesday. It stated that this increase was 0.15 per cent points higher than the...