archiveApril 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday celebrated business mogul and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, who clocked 64. Dangote was born on April 10, 1957 and turned 64 on Saturday. In a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari, among other...

The Federal Government has set up a committee to smoothen out the payment of resident doctors by removing the irregularities encountered in the process. The committee is part of ongoing efforts to resolve the payment dispute between the government and the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), which led to...

The Federal Government has reconstituted Governing Councils of five federal universities in Nigeria following the dissolution of the previous councils. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, in Abuja, on Thursday. The affected universities are University Ibadan (UI),...

Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa has charged staff of the Commission to adhere to the virtues of courage,  integrity and professionalism,  which are the core values of the Commission,  in tackling economic and financial crimes. He stated this on Thursday,  April 8, ...

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have raised the alarm, warning that Nigeria is fast drifting into a failed state status. The group, rising from a meeting in Makurdi, Benue state on Friday, stated that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) lacked the capacity to...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has described as enemies of the people those responsible for the recent attacks at some Police formations and Correctional facilities in Imo State. Lawan said the aim of the attackers was probably to cause a distraction for the Imo state government or even the...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has scheduled the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) second series for School candidates to hold between August 16 and September 30. A statement by WAEC”s Ag Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Demianus Ojijeogu, noted the examination could not hold during the...

The Lagos State government on Friday relaxed the restrictions on social gatherings and event centres in the state. The state government disclosed this in a statement jointly signed by the state’s Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile Yusuff, and the Director-General of Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr....

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it has received orders from the Federal High Court, Abuja, to freeze 194 bank accounts owned by Bureaux de Change firms and other organisations to conduct investigations into suspicious activities. The apex bank disclosed this through the three court orders it published on...

 The Acting Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has approved the re-appointment of Mr Frank Mba as the Force Public Relations Officer. The I-G also  approved the posting of Mr Hafiz Inuwa, an Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), as the Force Secretary and Mr Idowu Owohunwa, as the Principal...