archiveJuly 2020

A middle-aged man, Oluwaseun Olabode, 47, has allegedly pummeled his pregnant wife, Blessing, to death in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State. The accused reportedly committed the crime on April 3, 2020, at No 56 Oke-Agba area of Akure, hitting her right side of the abdomen during a...

The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has released comprehensive schedule for various national examinations for exit classes including Junior Secondary School (JSS) 3 and Senior Secondary School (SSS) 3. The examinations are to hold from August 17 to November 18. Other examinations included in the newly released schedule are the...

The World Bank has approved a $500 million credit for the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) towards improving secondary education opportunities among girls in seven states in the country. A statement from the bank in Abuja on Wednesday noted that the credit was approved from its International...

Nigeria has paid more than 1,177 billion dollars to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as its Community Levy contribution in the last 16 years. According to documents from a presentation by the ECOWAS Commission to Parliament at Plenary during its Virtual Second Extraordinary Session, Nigeria paid 853,310,564...

A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on Wednesday adjourned the alleged N6.3bn fraud case filed against former Governor Jonah Jang and a former cashier, Mr Yusuf Pam until Nov. 4. Jang and Pan were first arraigned in June 2018, by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), on...

The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) has claimed the ownership of the 46 property seized from the agency’s former Chairman, Ngozi Olejeme, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 46 property, including houses and parcels of land are located...

The Forum of Civil Societies Organisation (CSO) has called on the Akwa Ibom Government to give a breakdown of the N3 billion it claimed to have spent on COVID-19. The CSO Chairman in the state, Mr Harry Udoh, made the call during an interactive session with newsmen in Uyo on...

The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Finance, Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, and the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, over the funding status of three Federal Government legacy projects. Also summoned were the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, and the Managing Director of Nigeria Sovereign...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 624 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus increased to 41, 804. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Tuesday. The health agency noted that eight more persons have died from the...

The Federal Government has evacuated 289 more Nigerians stranded in the United States due to coronavirus-related border closure. An Ethiopian Airlines plane conveying the evacuees took off from New Jersey on Tuesday night, and is expected to land in Abuja on Wednesday afternoon. This is the fourth evacuation flight, which...