archiveSeptember 2020

  calls for economic diversification through mining as Mines and Steel Devt minister visits Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has called on the Federal Government to site the hub of the nation’s gemstone market in the state in order to boost the mining industry in Nigeria. The governor, who...

Ekiti State Government has promised to create a conducive business atmosphere for tourism and hospitality to thrive. Mr Wale Ojo-Lanre, Senior Special Assistant to the state Gov. Kayode Fayemi on Tourism Development, gave the assurance at an interactive session with members of the Hoteliers’ Association of Ekiti State in Ado-Ekiti....

  The Federal Government on Saturday appealed to organised Labour to shelve its planned strike, saying it will only bring more hardship to ordinary Nigerian. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the appeal in Lagos at a meeting with the Online Publishers in Lagos The Nigeria...

 Some members of the University of Ibadan academic community have expressed displeasure about the election of members of the community to join the Joint Council Senate Committee of the institution in the selection of its new vice-chancellor. There are 18 contestants for the position of vice-chancellor of the premier university....

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies not to lose the credibility achieved in Edo governorship election to the Ondo State election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Ondo State governorship election is billed for Oct. 10. The advice...

From 2021 common entrance examinations into its model colleges and upgraded junior secondary school of Lagos State will be strictly computer-based test (CBT) examination as against the  current two versions, CBT and paper and pencil (PPT) format. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, disclosed this on Saturday while...

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government will focus on developing Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) otherwise known as auto gas, in order to offer Nigerians an effective option to petrol rather than continuing subsidising petrol and electricity. The vice president’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on...

    Police on Saturday confirmed the attack on the convoy of Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum.   The police said, “On 25th September, 2020 at about 12PM, the security convoy who were heading to Baga in respect of government’s effort to relocate indigenes of Baga to their ancestral...

  The Federal Government has warned civil servants not to obey the call for industrial action by labour unions. A statement from the office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, in Abuja on Friday reminded them that there is a court injunction restraining...

The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev. Yakubu Pam has inaugurated the 2020 Federal Medical Committee, ahead of the planned pilgrimage to Israel, Greece and Rome. Pam, who inaugurated the committee on Friday in Abuja, urged members to see their appointment as a great privilege and to do...