archiveMay 2021

Editors under the aegis of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) Monday disclosed that three journalists were killed and 60 arrested and detained in Nigeria in 2020. Similarly, they said no fewer than 66 journalists globally were murdered, while over 1,000 from 73 countries died of Covid-19 in the same...

  The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has given approval to Ikeja Electric Plc to invest the sum of N121.92 billion for infrastructure upgrade across its network within a period of five years.NERC, which is the regulator of Nigeria’s electricity sector, also approved N93.76 billion for Eko Electricity Distribution Company...

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Monday accused the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari of allegedly clamping down on the media and intimidating citizens from freely expressing their thoughts. Atiku made the allegation in a series of tweets on his Twitter handle, @atiku, in commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day....

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has described the killing of a job seeker, Iniobong Umoren, in Akwa Ibom State, as very sad, adding that it was time the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari established national unemployment register for the youth. Dare said this in his Twitter handle...

The Ado-Ekiti branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) insists that the 36 state governors must respect the provisions of the 1999 Constitution on the contending issue of full autonomy for the Judiciary. The legal body regretted that the closure of courts across the country had not only debased the...

 England could see its one metre social distancing rule scrapped from next month, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. He was visiting a northern England town ahead of a by-election on Thursday when he was asked about how well the nation was doing at combatting the Coronavirus (COVID-19)...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released guidelines for aspirants contesting on its platform for Chairmanship, Vice Chairmanship and Councillorship positions in July 24 Local Government election in the state.The party’s Caretaker Committee Chairman and the Caretaker Committee Secretary, Alhaji Tunde Balogun and Mr Lanre Ogunyemi respectively, made this...

  The Bayelsa Chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) on Monday lamented acute shortage of manpower in the state.Mrs Sonia Andabai, the state Chairman of NANNM, who disclosed this in a chat with newsmen in Yenagoa on Monday, said the rural areas were the most...

Following recent attacks by gunmen in the South – East, motorists have expressed mixed reactions over the sudden disappearance of security personnel on major highways in the region. Some of the respondents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a survey, said it was dangerous for motorists...

    The Lagos State government says all its facilities have been placed on high alert to pick up early trends that may suggest a third wave of COVID-19 in the state. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the state’s Commissioner for Health, in a statement on Monday, said the state was set...