archiveApril 2021

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N532 million for the construction and furnishing of the University of Ibadan library extension. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly FEC meeting presided over by Vice...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called for creation of a national asset register, and a coordinated mechanism for valuing and managing Nigerian assets, even as the chamber lamented that government’s penchant for issuing new debt to redeem maturing ones. It stressed that this is not an...

  *Criticizes vaccine nationalism, advocates fairer global cooperation *VP Adds: Why Dangote, Bua, Transcorp others are investing in Nigeria *Commends US support for increased access to IMF funds In building a fairer world that takes into account the interest of the poor, the marginalized, and a world that does not...

...announces plan to provide test kits for 300,000 residents .... As US Consul-General launches HIV Treatment Surge Programme in Oyo Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, declared on Wednesday that his administration will continue to build community programmes to ensure  the availability of  HIV services to all and sundry in the...

NGX Regulation Limited (NGX RegCo), the independent regulatory arm of Nigerian Exchange Group, has published its supervision priorities for 2021. To ensure a fair and orderly market, the supervision priorities provide guidance to Trading License Holders (TLHs) of the Exchange, the investing public, and other stakeholders and are underpinned by...

The Senate, Wednesday, urged the National Emergency Management Agency to, as a matter of urgency, mobilize resources to supply relief and rehabilitation materials to victims of windstorm in several communities in Benue State. The call on the Agency was made by the upper chamber after a motion was brought to...

    As the Ramadan fast progresses, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has called on Muslim faithfuls in Nigeria to rededicate themselves to higher virtues of kindness, love, and generosity towards each other, regardless of faith or ethnicity. Speaking to State House Correspondents on his way out from the Council...

  The Senate has called on the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the killings and kidnapping of citizens in Ebonyi state by alleged herdsmen. The upper chamber made the call amid resolutions reached, sequel to the consideration of a motion brought...

  Lagos State Government says it will inaugurate a Five-year Agricultural Development Roadmap in line with its THEMES developmental agenda on April 22.Announcing the programme for the inauguration on Wednesday in Lagos, the State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya said that the roadmap would help the state to achieve...

The Gombe State Government has approved the sum of N1.499 billion for the supply and installation of biometric attendance system to check payroll fraud in the state’s civil service. Mr Muhammad Magaji, the state’s Commissioner of Finance and Economic Development, stated this, on Wednesday, while addressing newsmen after the 12th...