archiveMarch 2021

  Nigerian refugees who fled to Cameroon due to Boko Haram insurgency began returning to their homeland on Monday in a voluntary repatriation process, an official said. Cameroon’s Minister of Territorial Administration Paul Nji said this in Maroua, the chief town of Cameroon’s far north region just before take-off for...

The Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, March 8, 2021 arraigned a former minister of state for power, Muhammed Wakil, before Justice S.B.Belgore of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Apo, Abuja on a two counts charge of corruption and abuse of office. Wakil was arraigned alongside two...

 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said that Lagos indigenes  alerted it about the alleged N127 million fraud at the Lagos State Scholarship Board.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Usman Adamu, an Investigator with the anti-graft agency, made the submission before an Ikeja Special...

A lawyer, Kenechukwu Okeke, who filed a criminal complaint before an Abuja Magistrate Court over the actions of 50 persons, including celebrities during the October 2020 EndSARS struggles, has been confirmed to be fake and never called to the bar. The Nigerian Bar Association confirmed on Monday that Okeke was...

 Google.org on Monday announced that it had earmarked $25m  grant funding for its new global Impact Challenge (GIC) for Women and Girls in Africa.Juliet Ehimuan, Country Director, Google Nigeria, said at a virtual  event to mark the International  Women’s  Day (IWD) that Google was also reinforcing its commitment to the...

  By Jimoh Ibrahim, CFR   Osinbajo, at 64, Nigeria Vice President a Professor without a Ph.D. degree, must have come ahead of his age in the contemporary times of intellectual politics. In the few years to come, he will be out of politics, not out of the political system....

As the 2021 International Women’s Day (IWD21) calls on people and organisations to #choosetochallenge for a better world for women, Guaranty Trust Bank plc (GTBank) has launched an initiative, tagged #GiveHerBetaHealth, to draw attention to the need for universal essential healthcare coverage, especially for women in the informal sector. Through...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated with Nigerian women as they celebrate this year's International Women's Day. Lawan described the theme of this year's celebration, "Choose to Challenge",  as apt in reminding society of the pivotal roles women play in the family and nation-building and the need...

  Ecobank is implementing the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s scheme which offers N5 for every Dollar received into domiciliary accounts or as cash over the counter.  Korede Demola-Adeniyi; Head, Consumer Banking, Ecobank Nigeria, who announced this in Lagos stated that the decision is in line with the CBN’s directive...

 Kwara State on Monday rescinded its decision to reopen 10 schools shut on account of a controversy surrounding the wearing of hijab by their students, citing safety reasons.The reversal of government’s decision came just as one of the affected founders of the schools, the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) Church, ended...