archiveJune 2020

The Federal Ministry of Education onTuesday briefed members of the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education on its plans to reopen schools which have been shut as part of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, during the...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal office, on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, arraigned one Rahul Pathania, an Indian, and a vessel, M.V. Bount, before Justice Rilwan .M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on three-count charges bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products....

The trial of former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, began on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 before Justice Inyang Ekwo, of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the first prosecution witness narrating before the court how money meant for sensitization and enlightenment of Muslim youth...

Novak Djokovic tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday after taking part in a tennis exhibition series he organised in Serbia and Croatia. The top-ranked Serb is the fourth player to test positive for the virus after first playing in Belgrade and then again last weekend in Zadar, Croatia. His wife...

The Chairman of Cross River Anti-Tax Agency, Bishop Emmah Isong, on Tuesday said illegal taxation was detrimental to economic growth of the state. Isong, who said this in Calabar during an interface with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Cross River Chapter, said this informed the decision of Gov. Ben...

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, among others poured tributes on late Sen. Adebayo Osinowo at a special parliamentary session held in his honour The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osinowo, 65, reportedly died of COVID-19...

President Muhammadu Buhari ,on Tuesday, raised concerns over the planned single currency for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He said the plan for the single currency, Eco, could be in serious jeopardy,” unless member states complied with agreed processes of reaching the collective goal. The Eco is...

Sterling Bank Plc has introduced One Partner Programme that would allow customers the benefit of enjoying passive monthly income. Mr Shina Atilola, the bank’s Divisional Head, Retail and Consumer Banking, said on Tuesday, that the programme was targeted at entrepreneurs and upwardly mobile young Nigerians and Diasporans. Atilola said in...

As part of the measures put in place to safeguard the life of staff, other occupants and visitors, the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said on Tuesday that has commenced the routine decontamination of the Head Office Building. According to a statement signed by its Director, Communications & Public Affairs,...

The National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja, was on Tuesday sealed off by the police to forestall breakdown of law and order following leadership crisis rocking the party. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Police Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DSP. Anjuguri Manzah, confirmed the development to...