archiveFebruary 26, 2021

  The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) says it is set to address controversies surrounding some provisions on unclaimed dividends. It cited the provisions as those in Section 124 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 and Section 13 of the Companies Regulation 2021 on...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says there is need to develop a robust regulatory regime that is thoughtful and knowledge-based for cryptocurrency. Osinbajo said that rather than adopt a policy that prohibited cryptocurrency operations in the country, regulators must act with knowledge and not fear. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a...

 The Northern Governors Forum has condemned Friday’s abduction of 300 school girls in Jangebe, Zamfara. Chairman of the Forum and governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, said in a statement issued in Jos on Friday that the spate of abductions in schools in the region was grossly unacceptable. He said strong...

  The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Olajide Oduyoye, has revealed that officials of the agency will begin to monitor traffic violation with the use of smart body cameras. He revealed this on Friday while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme. According to...

Ayodeji Emmanuel, the 24-year-old son of a poultry farmer, who was kidnapped on Monday in his father’s farm at Oke Odan, Apete area of Ibadan, has regained freedom. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Olugbenga Fadeyi confirmed the released of the victim to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has urged the management and staff of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Yaba to improve on their performance to enhance the hospital’s reputation. Ehanire made the remarks during a visit to the hospital in Lagos. He said the hospital had a reputation that should be...

The leadership of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the non-teaching staff unions of universities has suspended its three-week-old strike after signing a Memorandum of Action (MoA) with the Federal Government team. The suspension of the strike takes effective from today, Friday, February 26, 2021, the JAC said. Both unions’...

  Kwara State Government has bowed to mounting pressure and has approved the wearing of hijab (veil) by pupils of government grant-aided mission secondary schools in the state. Wearing of hijab in mission schools has in the last one week generated a lot of furore between Muslim stakeholders and authorities...

Kidnappers of a student of the Sociology Department of the University of Ibadan (UI), Emmanuel Odetunde, were said to have demanded a ransom of N100 million to free him from captivity. The kidnap victim was abducted around 5 pm on Monday at his father’s poultry farm in Oke Odan, Apete...

  Gunmen have kidnapped over 300 schoolgirls at the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in the Talata Mafara Local Government area of Zamfara State. The gunmen, believed to be bandits, struck the school on Friday morning. The gunmen were said to have arrived the school around 1am and loaded the...