archiveJanuary 2021

  Project to be completed 36 months. The Federal Government on Monday signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mota- Engil Group on the construction of $1.959 billion Kano-Maradi Standard Gauge Railway lines. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, signed on behalf of the Federal Government while the...

  The Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, has assured Nigerians of improved security in the year 2021. Mohammed assured Nigerians that the Nigeria Police Force will be unrelenting in fighting all forms of crimes especially kidnapping, armed robbery, banditry, cultism, cybercrime, sexual and gender-based violence in the new year. He...

Trading on the nation’s bourse resumed on Monday on a positive note, following investors’ interest in shares of Zenith Bank, International Breweries (IB) and Flour Mill. Speficially, the All-Share Index rose by 30.56 points or 0.08 per cent to close at 40,150.78 from 40,120.22 on Friday. Similarly, the market capitalisation...

 The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) has congratulated the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on his 62nd birthday. NGF Chairman, Plateau Gov. Simon Lalong, in a congratulatory message through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham, in Jos Monday described Lawan as an erudite legislator and scholar....

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said that Nigeria lost about ₦5.4 trillion between 2007 and 2017 through tax evasion by multinational companies operating in Nigeria. Executive Chairman of the Service, Mr. Muhammad Nami stated that “between 2007 and 2017” Nigeria was reported to have lost over US$178 billion...

The most dangerous time of the coronavirus pandemic in Britain is yet to come before vaccine rollout has an impact, Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty warned Monday. The next few weeks will be the worst of the pandemic for the National Health Service (NHS), he told the BBC,...

  Social media giant, Facebook, says it has closed several accounts linked to Uganda’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology ahead of the country’s presidential election on Thursday. In a statement on Monday, the company said it took the action because the affected accounts were being used for “coordinated inauthentic...

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Monday said adjustments will be made on existing diversion points on the Lagos Third Mainland Bridge from Jan. 15 to Jan. 29. Popoola debunked an earlier claim of a Jan. 13 total shutdown of the bridge in a telephone...

The Ogun government has opened an Oxygen Therapy Centre to augment possible scarcity of life-saving consumables in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Tomi Coker, who disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Abeokuta, said it was part of government’s efforts to contain the second...

The Federal University of Technology, Akure ( FUTA), says academic activities will resume on Jan. 18 for its students after 10 months of staying at home due to the industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This is contained in a statement signed by Mr...