archiveJanuary 2021

collapses 2020/21 session with 2021/22 Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has announced that the institution will begin its post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME) test on Feb. 15 to Feb. 23, meaning it will run for about nine days. He appealed to public-spirited Nigerians to assist indigent candidates to...

  as S/West govs, Miyetti Allah leaders meet in Akure explains why govt can’t back those taking laws into their hands ‘we’ll continue to support security agencies to fight criminals’ Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State declared on Monday that his government would not try to solve the insecurity challenges...

The month-to-date and year-to-date returns on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) increased to 2.0 per cent as the All-Share Index inched higher by 86.97 points or 0.21 per cent to close at 41,088.96 from 41,001.99 on Friday. Also, the market capitalisation which opened the day trading at N21.448 trillion improved...

Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has said he has the backing of Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipe and other traditional rulers to evict criminal herdsmen from the South West. Igboho had issued...

    The Federal Government has released N10 billion for local production of COVID-19 vaccines. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, announced this on Monday. The Minister, who was represented at a meeting of the Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Health by the Director-General...

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association (MACBAN) has directed herders to stop night and underage grazing in the South West immediately. National President of MACBAN, Alhaji Muhammadu Kirowa, gave the order after a meeting with South West Governors, security agencies and members of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) in Akure,...

The Federal Government has extended phase three of eased COVID-19 lockdown by one month. The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 announced this on Monday. Boss Mustapha, chairman of PTF said on Monday at the briefing of the task force in Abuja: “The PTF is improving on the International Travel...

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has called on the Federal Government to recognize and deal with the issue of cattle herding as a national challenge. The forum also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately meet with all state governors and heads of security and law and order agencies to...

Ms Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), says climate resilience is a critical priority as climate change has become a fundamental risk to economic and financial stability. She said this at the international Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021,  hosted virtually by the Netherlands. According to her, as...

  As Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) opens its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting on Monday, a financial expert, Mr Okechukwu Unegbu, has advised the committee to address rising inflationary rates. Unegbu, who gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja,...