archiveMarch 2, 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared Zamfara State a no-fly-zone, in response to recent security challenges erupting from the state. National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd), disclosed this to State House Correspondents at the end of the National Security Council meeting, held in the State House on Tuesday....

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, on Tuesday clocked 79 years old. Adeboye, born on the 2nd day in the month of March 1942, hails from Ifewara, Osun State. Daddy Adeboye or ‘Daddy GO’ as he is fondly called is one...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has charged the newly confirmed Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs to take the fight to bandits and insurgents in a renewed bid to ensure security of lives and properties across states in the country. Lawan gave the charge during plenary in his...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has said that no date has been fixed for registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB advised the public to disregard a fake Twitter account that announced information on the registration date for the examination. “IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THE GENERAL...

  The first batch of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine has arrived Nigeria. It landed around noon at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport. Almost four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were shipped via the COVAX Facility, a partnership between CEPI, Gavi, UNICEF and WHO. The vaccine was manufactured by the Serum Institute...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (The NSE) has announced its e-Filing Portal, X-Filing, on Tuesday, 2 March 2021. X-Filing, which comes on the back of the recent upgrade to the NSE Issuers’ Portal, X-Issuer, is a fully integrated, secure web interface designed to enable the submission and processing of securities listing...

  says Nigeria has poor social security system The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama has criticised what he described the poor social security system in the country, which, he said, negatively affects millions of Nigerians.” He also said that like Coronavirus, poverty has constituted a serious  threat to...

  The Senate has confirmed appointment of the new Service Chiefs following the consideration of the report of the Committee on Defence which recommended their confirmation. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, last Wednesday referred the request of President Muhammadu Buhari for confirmation of the new service chiefs, to the committee...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 360 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 156,017. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the 360 infections marked an increase from...

  The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the power sector has recorded an all-time national peak of 5,615.40MW. A statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos by Ms Ndidi Mbah, General Manager, Public Affairs, TCN, said the new record was achieved on Feb. 28. The statement said the power generated...