archiveApril 2021

 A renowned legal luminary, Mallam Yusuf Ali SAN, says Nigerian universities will achieve their core mandates and academic advancement, if granted autonomy. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Ali, who is also the Pro-Chancellor, Osun State University, made the disclosure, on Thursday, at the 80th birthday celebration of Prof....

Worried by the deplorable security situation of the country, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has called on Christians across the nation to be more vigilant and prayerful before, during and after the Easter Celebrations. Besides, the PFN tasked the Federal Government to evolve a security mechanism that will further...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered intensive round-the-clock security of all public spaces and critical national assets to ensure that Nigerians enjoy crime-free Easter celebrations. The IGP also ordered all “state Commissioners of Police and their supervising Assistant Inspectors-General of Police to ensure adequate deployment of police personnel...

  Mr Enyioma Okoronkwo, the Resident Pastor, Victory Family Church, Abakaliki, has called on Christians to strive for the betterment of others.Okoronkwo made the call on Friday in Abakaliki to commemorate the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ. The clergyman said that sober reflection on the circumstances that necessitated the...

The police in Anambra State said they have arrested four more suspects in connection with the attack on a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof Chukwuma Soludo. The police had earlier in a statement said one suspect was tracked and arrested through a telephone picked at the scene...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan felicitates with Nigerians, particularly the Christian faithful, as they join the rest of the Christian world in celebrating Easter. Lawan notes that Easter is one of the most important events in the Christian calendar which is to celebrate the sacrificial death and resurrection...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal Office, on Thursday, April 1, 2021, arraigned one Uchenna Igwegbe before Justice Sherifah Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a three-count charge bordering on retention of proceeds of criminal conduct and obtaining money by false pretence....

charges members to make institution world-class Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, inaugurated the Governing Council of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, charging the Council to provide leadership that will take the institution to the acme of excellence in the world. The governor charged members of...

  Onyema, Popoola, Awe to lead Group companies   The National Council of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (The NSE) has announced the appointments of the following Chief Executives to head its non-operating Holding Company and operating subsidiaries as approved by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria. Oscar N. Onyema, OON...

  he has no immunity, not above the law – CP community writes Amnesty Int’l, security agencies, NHRC say 500 killed   The Police have commenced investigation of the intra-community violence in Effium, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, where over 500 persons were said to have been killed....