archiveAugust 12, 2020

The Federal Ministry of Education has reacted to the removal of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, from office by the Governing Council of the institution. Spokesperson of the ministry, Ben Goong, in a statement in Abuja, said they have not been briefed on the...

The Federal Government has inaugurated a 128-member committee to drive the National Localisation Framework and ensure effective and efficient humanitarian response in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the members of the committee were picked from different Non-Governmental Organisations, Civil Society Organisations and other government donors...

Former Deputy Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Obadiah Mailafia has regained freedom after six- hour grill by Department of State Security (DSS) Jos office. Mailafiya, on Wednesday, honoured the invitation of the Service after he alleged a northern governor is commander of Boko Haram sect. Mailafiya arrived the Jos,...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema, has tested negative for the deadly coronavirus. Few weeks back he had reported in a tweet announced that he tested positive for the deadly coronavirus disease. However, in a tweet via his Twitter account on Wednesday morning, he confirmed that his latest COVID-19 test...

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has challenged the Ministry of Finance to make further clarifications on the rationale behind government’s continuous borrowings. HURIWA also tasked the Ministry to make public projects the revenues generated by the Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS, in the last five years were used...