archiveJune 2020

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja met with Senate President, Ahmed Lawan and Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the proposed increase in electricity tariff. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osinbajo, heads the Power Sector Reform Coordination Working Group. The National...

About 4,625 university and polytechnic graduates representing 35 per cent have applied for recruitment into Amotekun Corps in Osun State. Twenty per cent of the applicants are university graduates from various disciplines, while 15 per cent have Higher National Diploma. Application for job in Amotekun Corps in the state ended...

AGS Tribe, a pan-African community built to connect and build the capacity of young entrepreneurs and professionals, has been able to raise N22 million from members of the public for the education and upkeep of two little children who recently lost both parents to a murder-suicide incident in Lagos. Olamide...

The fatal shooting of a prominent Ethiopian singer in the capital Addis Ababa sparked rising tensions in the city on Tuesday, with calls for demonstrations circulating online. Hachalu Hundessa was shot and killed in the city’s suburb of Gelan Condominiums on Monday evening, local media reported. The killing has reportedly...

Obinwanne Okeke, popularly known as Invictus Obi, has confessed to American authorities that he participated in fraud. Okeke who was charged with two counts of computer fraud and wire fraud agreed that he knowingly, intentionally and unlawfully committed the offenses against him. He added that findings by American investigators and...

First Bank of Nigeria Limited has said that it has upgraded its mobile banking application, FirstMobile, with new and improved features to promote safe and convenient Mobile Banking experience for customers. The Bank’s award-winning and dynamic mobile banking application has been redesigned with improved security and self-service features to ease...

Medical doctors in the employment of the Lagos State Government on Monday served a two-week ultimatum to begin a three-day warning strike from July 13. In a statement issued yesterday, the doctors, under the auspices of the Medical Guild said they hoped within the two weeks’ window, the government would...

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has effected a major reshuffle of his cabinet. Secretary to the State Government, Kenneth Ugbala stated this in a statement in Abakaliki on Monday night. No reason was given for the changes which affected over 20 appointees of government. According to the statement, the...

The Federal Government has declared all primary schools and daycare centres across the nation remain closed The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Sani Aliyu, stated this in Abuja on Monday. “All daycares and primary schools to remain closed till further evaluation,” he said....

The leadership of the National Assembly on Monday waded into the controversy on the planned hike in electricity tariffs from July 1st, 2020 and succeeded in convincing the Distribution Companies(DISCOs) to defer the plan till the first quarter of 2021. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, the Speaker of...