archiveJune 24, 2021

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has expressed optimism that the current security challenges facing Nigeria will soon become a thing of the past. He also stressed that the Federal Government has intensified efforts aimed at adequately securing the country with the recent supplementary budget sent to the National Assembly for approval...

The Managing Director of Polaris Bank, Mr. Innocent Ike, has revealed that the bank has refunded $300 million lodged in the bank by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in 2012. Ike made the disclosure before the House of Representatives Ad Hoc committee on assessment and status of all recovered...

  A 21-year-old 300 level student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu has said she stabbed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Super TV, Usifo Ataga to death because he wanted to forcefully had sex with her the second time. Ojukwu was paraded by the Commissioner of...

 Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday granted actor Olanrewaju James (alias Baba Ijesha) bail in the sum of two million naira with two sureties in like sum.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that James had pleaded not guilty on arraignment on Thursday. He is...

At least one person has been reportedly killed and 33 others abducted following an attack by bandits suspected to be kidnappers in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According Channels TV,the incident which occurred last night within Kachia metropolis also left several people injured. District Head of Kachia ward,...

The Federal Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Wednesday said it shared a total of N605.958 billion as May 2021 revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments as well as other relevant agencies. Mr Charles Nwodo, Director, Information, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, in a statement in Abuja,...

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), has recorded 44 new COVID-19 cases with Lagos state leading the daily infection chart. The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Thursday morning. The public health agency said that Lagos state topped the infection chart with 32 out of the 44...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has lauded the introduction of the National Identification Number (NIN) in its examination exercise. JAMB said it helped in getting rid of impersonation, multiple registrations and other malpractices associated with examinations. JAMB Spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement on...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is collaborating with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and other relevant downstream and upstream stakeholders in the petroleum industry to curb the...