archiveApril 2021

  A financial expert says the provision of security, large scale farming and intervention in manufacturing sector are key factors in tackling the rising inflation rate in the country.Mr Niyi Akinsanya, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. NAN reports that...

  A grand state reception and dinner was held on Saturday night by the Ekiti Government in honour of the erstwhile Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former CDS hails from Ode-Ekiti in Gboyin Local Government Area of the state....

 Britain’s home secretary is to accuse Facebook of undermining efforts to catch pedophiles through the protection online messages.On Monday, Priti Patel would be attending a virtual event with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) on encryption of chat messages. During the event, she is due...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called upon the Department of State Services (DSS) invite the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, for questioning over his alleged links to the Al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorist groups. The party, the Middle Belt Forum (MBF), Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria...

  The Alex Otti Foundation on Saturday shortlisted 58 students out of about 700 from public tertiary institutions across the country who applied for its 2021 undergraduate scholarship awards. The foundation’s Execution Director, Mr Chinedu Ekeke, told newsmen in Umuahia that the final selection committee would make the last decision....

...says NGO’s conclusions false, state's budget available online The Oyo State Government has rejected a report launched by a non-governmental organisation (NGO), the State Budget Transparency Survey report, which placed the state as the least performing state of the federation on the ladder of online availability of budget documents for...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has urged the people to continue to pray for the leaders in government as they tackle the various challenges facing the nation. Lawan made the appeal on Saturday at the launching of Pataskum Emirate Central Mosque Appeal Fund at Potiskum, Yobe State. The Senate...

hosts UNILAG VC, others, promises to back varsity for NUGA games You are a worthy alumnus, VC tells Makinde Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, stated on Friday that for the country to solve some of its problems, governments at all levels, industries and academia would have to collaborate. Governor Makinde,...

  The Federal Government, on Saturday, announced that it had flagged-off the physical verification phase of the ongoing forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio inaugurated the exercise in Uyo, Akwa Ibom, according to a statement by NDDC’s Director of...

 Prince Philip’s coffin has been interred in the royal vault of St George’s Chapel. It was placed on a catafalque on a marble slab and lowered into the vault by an electric motor. The vault was created between 1804 and 1810 for George III, who died in 1820 and is one...