archiveJune 2020

With COVID-19, the challenges hampering the attainment of food security in Nigeria could deepen. The impact is already being felt in the form of rising food prices. As at April 2020, food inflation rose to 15% compared to 14.7% in December 2019. This is according to PricewaterhouseCoopers survey “To ensure...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has provided the timeline of COVID-19 response activities for general information from December 2019 when China reported the virus till date. WHO, in a statement issued from its headquarters in Geneva on Monday, stated that the agency would update the timeline on a regular basis...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono on Monday said the Federal Government has earmarked N600 billion to enhance farmer access to agricultural financing in the country. Nanono said that about 2.4 million farmers were targeted to benefit from the interest free facility, designed to encourage application of...

Former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi has described the reign of the Dein of Agbor Kingdom, Benjamin Ikenchuku Keagborekuzi I, as one that has brought prosperity and peace to the Ika nation. Gbagi stated this in a statement issued on Monday to felicitate with the Monarch on...

The Federal Government of Nigerian has merged the processes of registering a business and getting tax identification numbers as part of measures to enhance the ease of doing business in the country. In a statement on Monday, the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) said business owners who register their organisations with...

Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, has described the death of foremost Ibadan businessman and philanthropist, Chief Bode Akindele, as a great loss to Oyo State and indeed, Nigeria. Governor Makinde, who described the late Parakoyi of Ibadanland and chairman of Modandola Group, as a worthy elder statesman and someone...

The Federal Government Nigerian (FGN) has announced the reopening of schools for exiting students in secondary schools across the country. The task force said that critical and revision classes for JSS 3 and SS 3 students would resume preparing them for their existing examinations. After accessing the extent of COVID-19...

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed certificate forgery suit filed against the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki. The plaintiffs, Edobor Williams, Ugbesia Abudu Godwin and Amedu Dauda Anakhu in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/553/2020 accused the Governor of forging his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) certificate in Classical...

The federal Government of Nigerian may initiate total lockdown in 18 local government areas across the country over rising cases of COVID-19 in the country as the 18 of them said to be responsible for about 60 per cent of the pandemic cases in the country. The 18 local government...

The Gov. Mai Mala Buni led Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it plans to embark on immediate reconciliatory processes among aggrieved members of the party at all levels. Buni said this on Monday at a swearing in of the committee members at the APC National Secretariat...