archiveJanuary 2021

The Kwara Government has won 16.9 million dollars in the 2019/2020 World Bank-supported State Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) programme for achievements. The award is the highest ever achieved by the state since the initiative began in 2018. The award was contained in statement issued by the Press Secretary,...

  There is confusion about the true situation of the electricity tariffs in the country as the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mr. Festus Keyamo, says the Federal Government didn’t increase electricity tariffs but adjusted some bands for users to pay what they are supposed to pay. The...

Nigeria has recorded 1,354 new infections of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed on its verified website on Tuesday. The health agency said the figure represented the highest number in a single day since the first index case was reported in Nigeria on Feb....

*VP meets NorthEast Humanitarian Hub management, pledges support for establishment of Social Innovation and Research Institute In their first official meeting for the year 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN in his office where the Vice President updated him on the progress recorded so far...

says initiative complementing state's effort to reduce unemployment charges committee to carry state govt along in selection process Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, kicked off the Extended Special Public Works Programme of the Federal Government, saying it is a step in the right direction to address the...

By Jimoh Ibrahim As Nuru appears before the Board of the ethics committee of FCMB today, one unknown issue for trial is Moyo Thomas's unquestionable beauty. But the memo there is about the ethical qualifications of the MD. Unfortunately, morals are not laws because of their imposing characteristics that offend...

Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday deployed 1,250 Special Constabulary Officers for community policing in different parts of the state. This was contained in a statement by the state government titled, ‘Lagos deploys 1,250 special constabularies to boost community policing’ on Tuesday. The statement noted that the special constables had...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recorded its first loss in the year on Tuesday, dropping by N393 billion due to renewed profit taking in BUA Cement, MTN, Zenith Bank, Okomu Oil and Guaranty Trust Bank. Specifically, the market capitalisation shed N393 billion or 1.83 per cent to close at N21.122...

  The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Federal Government and electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to adopt strategic approach to the nation’s electricity pricing. Dr Muda Yusuf, Director-General, LCCI, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that this would avoid “a pushback...

 The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has revealed that 731 members of Batch B National Youths Service Corps (NYSC)   have tested positive for COVID-19. The chairman, PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, stated this at the national briefing on COVID-19...