archiveMay 2020

  I felicitate with all Nigerians and in particular the Muslim Ummah on the occasion of this year's Eid-el-Fitr which marks the breaking of fast and the end of the Holy month of Ramadan. I congratulate the Muslim faithful on the successful completion of the fasting period despite the formidable...

  The Human Rights Law Service (HURILAWS) has  commended the effort of the President Mohammed Buhari at enforcing financial autonomy for judiciary. Welcoming the recent signing by the President of Executive Order No. 10 of 2020 which seeks to enforce financial autonomy for the legislature and judiciary of the 36...

  The country has blazed a trail in Africa with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) successfully validating the first phase of the viral Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) extraction which should enable local production of cheap testing kits for coronavirus. The validation took place on Thursday in the laboratory of...

Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday constituted a committee on the reopening of the economy. This was one of the resolves after chairing a virtual National Economic Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday, May 21, the first since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement by Mr. Laolu...

  The Federal Government has overruled governors breaching the protocols designed to guide the country out of Coronavirus spread by allowing religious gathering in their states. Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 control Chairman Boss Mustapha warned on Thursday of the danger in allowing large gatherings, insisting that the ban...

Nigerian oil marketers have asked the Buhari administration to provide a pricing formula that will guide the monthly adjustments in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. They said this would forestall dislocations at the retail end of the value-chain. The Major Oil Marketers Association...

  The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday confirmed 339 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 7,016. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that nine new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus, bringing the total number of...

The Lagos State Executive Council has approved review of the state’s 2020 Budget by 21 per cent. The state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Sam Egube, made this known at a press briefing on Thursday in Lagos. Egube said that this was to help mitigate the economic and...

Shareholders of Sterling Bank Plc, Nigeria's leading commercial bank have commended its financial performance and dividend payout for the financial year ended December 31, 2019. They gave the commendation at the 58th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the bank held virtually by proxy and streamed live from the MUSON Centre...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has distributed food palliatives to thousands of residents in Damaturu and the six local government areas in Yobe North Senatorial District of Yobe State. The local governments are: Bade, Nguru, Jakusko, Yusufari, Karasuwa, and Machina, respectively. The gesture by Senator Lawan was aimed at...