archiveJuly 6, 2020

The 2020 WASSCE will hold between August 4 and September 5, the Federal Government has announced. It asked state governments to open schools for final year students to undergone revision before sitting for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, stated...

An Enugu-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Women Aide Collective (WACOL), says it recorded no fewer than 227 sexual and gender-based violence within the last three months. Its founder, Prof. Joy Ezilo, who briefed newsmen on the NGO’s activities on Monday in Enugu, listed the cases to include rape, defilement, incest, harmful...

• Governor says Ondo stressed beyond limit Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu announced on Monday that he is now tested negative to deadly Coronavirus Ondo, stressing that the state is now stressed beyond limits as it has run out of bed spaces at its Infectious Disease Hospital in Akure. Besides...

The Department of State Security (DSS) has denied arresting the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, In a statement made signed by its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya (Phd.) on Monday afternoon, denied the reports. "The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to inform the public that...

• calls for rescue plan The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) says there is a risk of massive job losses in the hospitality sector, if an urgent rescue plan is not put in place to save it. Dr Muda Yusuf, LCCI’s Director-General said this in a statement on...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, declared on Monday that the National Directorate of Employment will be fully in charge of the exercise designed to recruit 774,000 youths across Nigeria as part of the Federal Government COVID-19 palliative measures. He, however, said that the NDE and the Ministry Labour and...

The Federal Government has approved 60 percent debt forgiveness for all debtor broadcast stations in the country to cushion the effects of COVID-19 on the industry. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this on Monday in Abuja at a media briefing on the government’s efforts to...

Security agents have arrested Ibrahim Mr Magu, the acting chairman of the anti-graft agency, EFCC. Magu was arrested at the Wuse II office of the EFCC in Abuja Monday afternoon. His convoy was stopped by armed security agents and he was taken away after about 30 minutes of arguments between...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday, redeemed its pledge of N60 million to the Capital Market Support Committee for COVID-19 (CMSCC) with the donation of ambulance and Twenty Million, Seven Hundred Thousand N20,700,000 cash to the committee. The CMSCC is a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) led initiative set...

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Monday said consultations were on for another phase of repair works to begin on the Third Mainland Bridge on July 24. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the consultations were towards evolving a perfect traffic management...