archiveJanuary 2021

Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja has reserved till February 17, ruling on the request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the Court to visit the Kano branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and inspect the sums of $9,772,800 and £74000...

  The Association of Table Water Producers of Nigeria, Edo chapter has decried the recent hike in the cost of production materials for sachet water popularly known as “pure water’’. Mr Mike Ogbebor, chairman of the asociation in the state said this in an interview with the News Agency of...

 The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has listed recommendations aimed at boosting the nation’s security architecture to engender investors’ confidence and ensure a more secure operating environment. Dr Muda Yusuf, LCCI Director-General, gave the recommendations in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. Yusuf...

No fewer than 96 companies have indicated interest in the rehabilitation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) downstream infrastructure. The public opening of the bid was held virtually in Abuja, on Thursday. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company (NPSC), Mrs Ada Oyetunde, said that the...

  The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Thursday issued a strong warning to the North and Islamic groups over threats on Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah. Joseph Bade Daramola, CAN General Secretary, in a statement warned that “enough is enough” and thereby warned the groups issuing threats...

  demands for concrete criticism from elite President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday assessed his administration in the past five years and submitted that Nigeria now fared better than when he assumed office in May 2019 even as he also demands fair assessment by the Nigerian elite when criticizing of administration....

  President Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has described as ‘wrong calls by the Muslim Solidarity Forum in Sokoto State that Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan Kukah should apologize or leave Sokoto State over his alleged ” malicious vituperations against Islam and...

  Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has said that the university would not be able to admit more than 10,146 out of 32,333 candidates who applied to the university for the 2019/2020 academic session across departments at the undergraduate level. He also said the...

 Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has ruled out a Senate impeachment trial for President Donald Trump before incoming president Joe Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. “There is simply no chance that a fair or serious trial could conclude before President-elect Biden is sworn in next week,” McConnell said in a...

The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, on Wednesday in Ibadan, Oyo State, commenced the distribution of 104,000 free meters under the Federal Government National Metering Scheme. A total of one million meters are reportedly being rolled out in the first batch of the mass metering of customers across the country. The...