archiveFebruary 27, 2020

  As Nigeria loses N271bn annually The Senate on Thursday considered a bill which proposes stiffer sanctions for any person or corporate entity involved in gas flaring in Nigeria from January 1, 2021. The Gas Flaring (Prohibition and Punishment) Bill, 2020, which scaled second reading during plenary, was sponsored by...

Britain, on Thursday unveiled a negotiating mandate for talks with the European Union (EU) that puts it on a collision course with Brussels, and it was ready to walk away if “good progress” was not made by June. After exiting the EU in January, Britain has until 2020 to negotiate...

Some African Union leaders have converged on Abuja to brainstorm on the attainment of good governance, economic development through democratic strategies across the continent. They are deliberating at a two-day sensitisation/training event organised by African Union Development Agency-New Partnership for Africa`s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) on Thursday in Abuja. The event focuses...

  Yellow House has emerged as the champions of the Home Science Association Secondary School, Alakuko, Lagos State inter-house sports. The House won the contest with 15 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze medals. The event, held on February 14, 2020, saw Red House coming in second with 8 Gold,...

Stakeholders in the power sector have called for improvement in electricity supply before the proposed tariff increment. The stakeholders made this known at the “Stakeholder Consultations on the Extraordinary Review of the Multi-Year Tariff Order’’ held in Enugu on Thursday. Mr Okechukwu Ukwu, a resident of Enugu, said that there...

  A passerby who kissed a reporter during a live TV broadcast in Spain has been convicted of sexual assault and aggression. The Daily Mail reported on Thursday citing a ruling by the Courthouse of Arrecife, Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands. The court also ordered the assailant to pay €2,410...

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says it remains committed to promoting ease of doing business at the nation’s capital market. Mr Isyaku Tilde, SEC Acting Executive Commissioner Operations, stated this on Thursday at a meeting with issuers in Lagos. Tilde said that the commission had embarked on a...

  National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) has denied a news story said to have been published by SaharaReporters on Thursday, 30th January, 2020, with the headline, "NABTEB boss, Prof Isiugo-Abanihe, Enmeshed in Corruption Scandal." According to NABTEB in a press statement on Thursday, it does not ordinarily join...

  The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to set up a dedicated Health Bank to help improve access to funding and promote the development of the health sector. NMA President, Dr Francis Faduyile made the call in a statement  in Abuja Faduyile who...

A single legal document for the operation of the Amotekun security outfit has been adopted by the six Houses of Assembly in the Southwest on Wednesday, February 26, across the region. In a report, by The Nation, Bamidele Oleyelogun, the speaker Ondo state House of Assembly disclosed this information after...