archiveSeptember 2020

Suspension of Budget Support Facility deductions from States to continue till April, 2021 In a bid to prevent a complacent attitude in confronting the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the National Economic Council rose from its September meeting urging Nigerians to remain alert and maintain the precautions necessary to fight...

  *We‘ve approved N1.65 billion for remodeling of 351 PHCs; N1bn for Teachers’ leave bonus- Makinde ...says Oyo will continue people-centred projects '...we won’t chase away street traders without providing alternatives' Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, led top government functionaries and other stakeholders to host the...

The Corps Marshall and Chief Executive Officer, Kaduna State Traffic Law Enforcement Authority, (KASTLEA), Major Garba Yahaya (rtd), has called for the inclusion of anti-corruption studies, in schools' curricula, from primary level to university level, as a veritable means of minimising the effects of corruption in Nigeria. He made this...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020. The Act repeals the Police Act Cap. P19. Laws of the Federation, 2004, and provides for a more effective and well-organized Police Force, driven by the principles of transparency and accountability in its operations and management of its...

  The Federal Government on Thursday launched the Central Database on Recovered Asset and the Central Criminal Justice Information System (CCJIS)  to enhance transparency in its fight against corruption in the country. The tools, offshoot of the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019 and the National Anti-Corruption Strategy, is...

Popular Yoruba actor, producer and singer, Jimoh Aliu, is dead. Aliu, popularly called Aworo, died on Thursday at the age of 81 in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital after an undisclosed illness. One of his sons, Rasaq Aliu, confirmed the death to. The deceased was born on November 11, 1939...

  The Pro-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Dr. Wale Babalakin, has tendered his resignation. This followed the alleged disagreement with the federal government’s visitation panel sent to the university. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) was recently replaced with media mogul, John Momoh. Babalakin said there were too many vested interests...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has recorded increased trading surplus of ₦20.36billion in July, compared to the ₦2.12billion surplus in June 2020 in its operations. The corporation disclosed this in its July 2020 NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report (MFOR),released in Abuja, on Thursday. It indicated that the 858...

The Special Visitation Panel set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria to look into the management crisis at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has submitted its findings to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. Chairman of the panel, Prof Tukur Sa’ad, submitted the report to Adamu in Abuja...

  The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has given the Federal Government a two-week ultimatum within which to reverse the increase in the price of fuel and electricity tariff or face an indefinite strike action. This was the outcome of its communique issued by the Central Working...