archiveMarch 2021

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed that he Bank of Industry (BoI) in collaboration with the National Council for Arts and Culture, had secured a N300 million loan package for Nigeria’s creative sector. Professor Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, on Sunday, in Abuja, said the vice president disclosed...

The Katsina State main market, popularly called Central Market, was on Monday morning gutted by fire and properties worth millions of naira were believed to have been lost during the incident. It was learnt that the inferno started around 8am. and continued to ravage shops at the market, as some...

 The Conference of Benue Journalists (CBJ) has condemned in strong terms, Saturday’s  attack and alleged assassination  attempt on Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue by suspected gunmenA statement by Vice President of CBJ, Mr Ewache Ajefu, said the incident and the recent killing of the brother of a  former governor of  the...

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 86 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 161,737.The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), reports that the country’s daily new cases continue to follow...

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has warned that the Federal Government will be held responsible if the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, is assassinated. He insisted that if Ortom was killed, the country would be plunged into another civil war. Wike spoke while reacting to attempt on Governor Ortom’s...

Mr Chris Isiguzo, the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Saturday urged media practitioners to speak against insecurity facing the country to enable the Federal Government to tackle it decisively. Isiguzo made the call in Minna, Niger, during the 2021 press week/award ceremony organised by the...

 Former President Olusegun Obasanko, said on Saturday that he would live the rest of his life by serving humanity. Obasanjo spoke in Abeokuta at the 20th anniversary of the Communion Faith Assembly/dedication of its new cathedral. The Pastor in charge at the church is Bishop Tunde Akin-Akinsanya, the chairman of the...

 The Management of the Kwara State University (KWASU) has announced that it would reopen the 2020/2021 admission portal into the university, on Sunday, March 21, 2021.This was disclosed in a statement from AbdulRazaq Sanni, Director, University Relations, on Saturday, in Ilorin. According to the statement, this became necessary after the...

  A new report launched by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) on the impact of COVID-19 on e-commerce in the continent, shows that the pandemic, bad as it is, has opened up new opportunities for the continent’s digital economy.The report was launched on Saturday at a side event at...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended Saturday’s bye-election to fill the vacant seat of Ekiti East Constituency 1 in the State House of Assembly. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Tella Adeniran, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, said the commission suspended the poll following the violence unleashed on voters...