archiveJune 11, 2020

The leadership of Highway, 8-miles Bus Drivers Welfare Association, Calabar, Cross River, has slashed transport fare of the big buses in Calabar metropolis from N100 to N70 a drop. The association said the decision was taken after due consideration, with a view to complimenting the state government’s gesture of exempting...

  The Nigerian Senate has confirmed Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem as President of the Court of Appeal. The confirmation of the nominee followed the presentation and consideration of the screening report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters chaired by Senator Micheal Opeyemi Bamidele.  Justice Dongban Mensem...

Following increased cases of rape in the country, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday urged the Federal Government to impose life imprisonment on convicted rapists. Dr Dipo Akomolafe, the Chairman of ASUU at the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, said  life...

The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Thursday passed the revised 2020 budget of N10.8 trillion which is marginally lower than the N10.59 trillion naira budget approved in December. The reduction in the budget cost is as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and oil price plunge which...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal Office on Thursday, June 11 said it secured 257 convictions, including those involving politically exposed persons, across various courts in the state between May 2019 and early June, 2020. The Commission said it also recovered the sums of N14, 099,952,688.22, $5,...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, will meet with President Buhari to discuss security challenges arising from the activities of Boko Haram insurgents and bandits in parts of the country. The resolution to so do was reached after the Senate...

  The Nigeria Center For Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 409 new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections to 13,873 The NCDC announced this on Wednesday on its official Twitter handle, said as at June 10, 409 new confirmed cases and 17 deaths were recorded in...

I felicitate with fellow Nigerians on the occasion of this year's Democracy Day, the second time it is being celebrated on June 12. June 12 has become a metaphor in our country for free, fair and credible elections and a memorial for the day in which Nigerians stoutly rose above...

Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), says it has directed all its partners and suppliers to bring down their cost to between 30 and 40 per cent to ensure production efficiency. NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Malam Melem Kyari, made the disclosure when he featured as a guest on...

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has expressed fears that he may not get justice since the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole. was the “judge” in the case. He said this while speaking to journalists soon after undergoing two hours of screening at the party’s headquarters,...