archiveJune 17, 2020

United Kingdom (UK)-based parliamentary aide and development actor, Abimbola Junaid, has said that Nigeria needs deliberate policy to skill-up the girl-child in a digital era. Junaid made this known at the second edition of Digital Rights webinar series hosted by ITREALMS in collaboration with DigitalSENSE Africa, Domain Name System (...

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu, has called on the media to continue to partner with the Commission in the fight against corrupt practices in Nigeria by being transparent in their reportage. Magu, who spoke through Mr. Aminu Ado Aliyu, Abuja Zonal Head...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a 32-year old Boniface Oburuku for theft of a hand bag, belonging to an international guest from the Republic of Mauritius. The bag contained her two Samsung mobile phones, an international passport, United States Dollars, Nigerian and Mauritian currencies....

Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to Hon. Tunde Salahudeen, who on Tuesday, criticised the setting up of Elders’ Steering Committee of the Oyo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by Governor Seyi Makinde. Salahudeen, in an opinion article he authored and circulated in cyberspace, claimed that the...

The nation’s bourse rebounded on Wednesday by 0.17 per cent amid renewed bargain hunting after two consecutive days of downward trend. Specifically, the All-Share Index increased by 42.01 points to close at 24,972.89 compared with 24,930.88 achieved on Tuesday. Also, the market capitalisation inched higher by N22 billion to close...

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says the state is adopting measures to absorb the shocking effects of COVID-19 pandemic on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for business sustainability and growth. Sanwo-Olu made this known in a private sector interactive webinar organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation increased to 12.40 per cent year-on-year in May 2020. The NBS made this known in its latest CPI report released on Wednesday. The bureau said this was 0.06 per cent points higher than the rate...

Three officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) died mysteriously after a flash of thunder lightning occurred in their office at the early hours of Wednesday in Ilese area of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that incident occurred about 10.00 a.m. when a prolong...

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has explained the reasons behind the continued closure of schools and tertiary institutions in the state. Sanwo-Olu gave the reasons two weeks after announcing that guidelines for reopening schools would be made public in the state. He spoke during the 15th press briefing held at...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that 13 candidates with the top 10 best results in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) 2020 were from Anambra, Edo, Delta, Ekiti, Ondo, Akwa Ibom, Kwara, Oyo, and Ogun states. All the candidates incidentally were said to have applied to...