archiveJune 21, 2021

  A don, Dr Abdulateef Bako, has attributed the current security challenges in Nigeria to unmonitored development and outright absence of adequate physical planning of cities and towns. Bako, who is acting Dean, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, of University of Ilorin, stated this while addressing newsmen on Monday in Ilorin....

 The Federal Government has announced the establishment of two additional universities of technology in Jigawa and Akwa Ibom, while also upgrading and equipping four others. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr Sonny Echono disclosed this to newsmen in...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, ordered the Federal Government to pay 951 million dollars to the Bayelsa Government, being the 13 per cent derivative sum due as arrears of revenue and payable to the state. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who delivered the judgment, held that the Attorney- General of...

  Barely 48 hours after the United Arab Emirates announced the lift on ban of flights coming and going out of Nigeria, Emirates Airline has again suspended flights to and from Lagos and Abuja with effect from June 21 until further notice. According to the airline, customers travelling to and...

The umbrella body of pro-democracy groups in Nigeria, the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), has formally written a ‘Save our Souls’ (SOS) letter to the United Nations (UN), asking the international body to prevent the collapse of the country. The letter signed by NADECO’s General Secretary/Spokesman, Mr. Ayo Opadokun, was a...

  The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that a former Lagos State Governor and National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is still under investigation. Bawa stated this in an interview with ThisDay on Sunday, saying the probe could expectedly...

  Former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof Kingsley Moghalu has lamented about the country’s debt profile which he said has reached 7.8 trillion dollars in the last three years. Moghalu who disclosed this at Nnamdi Azikiwe University during the Kwechiri Political summit lamented that the level at...

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) is set to register, certify premises of chemical manufacturers in order to boost the nation’s economy. It has also agreed with manufacturers of chemical products in Nigeria  to explore the international market with chemical products to enhance the...

  The military on Sunday said that it has killed several Islamic State for West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters in Borno State. The Director of Public Relation and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, who disclosed this in a statement, said the terrorists were heading towards Mainok, a...

The spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria continues to record significant decrease as the latest statistics by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reveal Nigeria now has 167,206 confirmed cases. The NCDC, said on its verified website on Monday, that the case count has continued to creep down in the...