archiveJune 29, 2021

The Makurdi Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Tuesday June 29, 2021, arraigned the Chairman, Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), Look Tersoo Joseph; the Secretary, Serki Mtomba Manaseh; the Treasurer,  Akange Akula and 5 other members/Commissioners :Abe Aboyi Augustine, Donald Kertyo,  Agber Aondona Emmanuel, ...

  Trading on the Nigerian stock market closed on a positive mood on Tuesday with a growth of N29 billion due to renewed confidence.Speficially, the market capitalisation inched higher by N29 billion or 0.15 per cent to close at N19.621 trillion against N19.592 trillion achieved on Monday. Also, the All-Share...

  England beat Germany 2-0 in the last 16 of Euro 2020 on Tuesday to end 55 years of agony against their old foes. The defeat also ended for Germany the tenure of coach Joachim Loew as well. Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling scored in the 75th minute and captain...

The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has accused some higher institutions of mobilising and awarding IJMB/JUPEB certificates to individuals, who did not attend their institutions. Oloyede alleged that some of the certificates issued by the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) and Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations...

says Oyo Govt surpassed UNESCO recommendation for education in 2020, 2021 Budgets Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has expressed the plans of his administration to replicate the construction of the Federal Government's SMART School Initiative in each of the three senatorial districts of the state. The governor, who stated this...

*It fits into Buhari’s plan to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty, says VP In line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s agenda to lift 100m Nigerians from poverty within a decade and the globally acclaimed Sustainable Development Goals, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is leading the Federal Government’s collaboration with the...

  The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State. Also passed was a bill for the establishment of the Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Suleja. The passage of both bills followed he consideration of two separate reports by the...

The Senate on Tuesday received the report of the Joint Committee on Petroleum (Downstream); Petroleum (Upstream) and Gas Resources on the Petroleum Industry Bill, 2021. The report was laid during plenary by Chairman of the Joint Committee, Senator Sabo Mohammed (APC, Jigawa South-West). President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, after...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on June 22, 2021 arrested one Umar Sale for allegedly attempting to defraud one Umar Mohammed Goniri over promises of offering him employment with the EFCC. Sale was picked up by operatives of the EFCC at the agency’s visitors’ gate at Jabi Abuja,...

Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Tuesday, announced the dissolution of the state’s Executive Council. Those affected include Chief of Staff (CoS) and 17 Commissioners. The Cabinet was constituted on August 14, 2019, following Makinde’s historic victory in the March 9, 2019, election. The remaining Council members who were...