archiveFebruary 2020

    The Senate on Tuesday urged the Nigeria Police Force, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIOs) to clamp down on truck and Lorries plying federal highways without the minimum prescribed levels of lighting or road safety requirements. The Upper Chamber also mandated its Committee...

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has urged Nigerians to shun ethnicity and religious bigotry to accelerate national development. Sanwo-Olu made the call on Tuesday at the 3rd Annual Lecture of Freedom Online with the theme, “Nigeria: Foundation, Fundamental, Future,” held in Ikeja, Lagos. The governor, who was represented by...

  The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila says that the Nigerian Police Force must be repositioned for enhanced service delivery. Gbajabiamila made the statement at a One-Day public hearing on organised by the House Committee on Police Affairs on Tuesday in Abuja. Gbajabiamila said that more...

  The National Examinations Council (NECO) has dismissed 19 of its workers for forging their certificates. Their dismissal was approved by the Governing Board of NECO after vetting the report of a Staff Certificate Verification Committee setup by the council at its 52nd regular meeting. The Head, Information and Public...

Anti-corruption lawyers under the aegis of Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) on Tuesday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to reopen the case file against the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Ogah in the interest of justice. According to them, the...

wants Police, VIO to clamp down on trucks not roadworthy to ply highways   The Senate has mandated its Committees on Banking, Insurance and Financial Institutions, and Finance to investigate withholding tax revenues on both bank deposits and dividends. This was even as it urged banks and Central Security and...

  Africa Prudential Plc, a share registration and investor services firm, on Tuesday announced a profit after tax of N1.68 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2019. The company’s audited result released by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) showed that the profit after tax was lower when compared...

  Ikeja Electric (IE) says it is designing a proposal to refund its customers for prepaid meters procured under the ongoing Meter Assets Provider (MAP) scheme. Mr Felix Ofulue, Head,  Corporate Communications, IE, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikeja on Tuesday. Ofulue said that...

  Mubarak, a former Egyptian military and political leader, served as the fourth president of Egypt from 1981 to 2011. He was ousted as president during the Arab Spring that spread across the region in 2011. Born Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak on May 4, 1928, he was a career...

  ECOWAS Vice President, Mrs Finda Koroma, on Tuesday called for urgent need to adopt a more proactive approach to Africa’s common quest for development, peace and stability. Koroma made the call at a meeting held in collaboration with the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). The News Agency of Nigeria...