archiveJuly 2020

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu on Monday, July 6, 2020, honoured an invitation by a Presidential Panel reviewing the activities of the EFCC, at the Banquet Hall wing of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to a press statement signed by Mr. Dele...

The new Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr Lamido Yuguda, on Monday assumed duty at the capital markets’ regulatory agency. A statement by Mrs Efe Ebelo, SEC Head of Corporate Communication, said Yuguda assumed duty alongside three new executive commissioners of the commission. They are Mr Reginald...

The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Monday disclosed that it has dismissed 10 senior police officers and reduced the rank of eight others over various cases of misconduct in the line of duty. The Head, Press and Public Relations, of the Commission, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a press...

Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) has accused that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been actively obstructive to the re-opening of universities in the country. He made his view known in a statement on Monday by Tunde Olofintila, Head, Corporate Affairs of the university . Babalola...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has observed that the recent rise of positive cases of the virus among people in positions of authority is a threat to governance and security. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTF, Mr Boss...

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...