archiveMarch 2021

  Dr Ebun Bamgboye, a Consultant Physician and Transplant Nephrologist, says the prevalence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Nigeria is estimated at 20, 000 new cases yearly. Bamgboye, also a Clinical Director at St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos, made this known at a virtual webinar in commemoration of the World...

 To spur growth and development, the Lagos State Government says it has awarded the preparation of Action Area Plans (AAP) for nine communities across the state. A statement by Mr Mukaila Sanusi, Spokesman of the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development said  the Commissioner in the ministry,...

Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has appointed Mr. Seyi Adeleye and Miss Ifedolapo Sadiat Ologburo as Special Adviser on Works and Infrastructure and Special Assistant on Legal Matters respectively. The appointments of the duo were announced in separate letters signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) ,...

The President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has described Nigeria as a country on a cliff hanger that urgently needs divine intervention. Wale Oke who is also the Presiding Bishop of the Sword of the Spirit Ministries and the Proprietor, Precious Cornerstone University (PCU),...

 Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange returned to negative territory on Thursday,  following sell pressure on Dangote Cement and 10 other stocks.Consequently, the All-Share Index declined by 234.08 points or 0.60 per cent to 38,697.17 from 38,931.25 on Wednesday. Accordingly, the month-to-date and year-to-date losses increased to 2.8 per cent...

 The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Thursday in Enugu ordered soldiers and airmen to redouble efforts at ending violence and criminality in the southeast.He gave the order while addressing a joint parade of soldiers of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army and airmen of the Ground...

Governor of Oyo State, 'Seyi Makinde, has described the death of Professor Oluwakemi Ayoola, wife of the late Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources in the state, Hon. Kehinde Ayoola, as sad and painful. Makinde, who stated this in a statement he personally signed, said Mrs. Ayoola's death came as...

  Managing Director, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Buki Ponle has called on the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Alumni Association to work with other stakeholders to end incessant strikes in tertiary institutions nationwide.Ponle made the call in Abuja on Thursday when a delegation of the FCT branch of the...

  The Debt Management Office (DMO) has decried the country’s debt service to revenue ratio, describing it as a major issue of concern.Mrs Patience Oniha, the Director-General of DMO, said this in Abuja on Thursday at the fifth Budget Seminar (webinar) organised by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, March 11, 2021 arraigned Peter Hena, Former Coordinating Director of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS and eight other officers of the agency before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The others are Mohammed Bello Auta (Director...