archiveJune 2021

passes bill to establish Fed. College of Education, Gwoza   The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Federal University of Medicine and Medical Sciences in Abeokuta, Ogun State.    Also passed was a bill to establish the Federal College of Education, Gwoza in Borno State. The passage of...

“It is very impressive that somewhere in Abuja, you can have so much manufacturing going on, so many people employed and so much innovation and creativity on display”, said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, today during a visit to DLK Clothing Signatures LTD, a manufacturer of shoes, garments and other...

Contrary to the reports in the media as a fall out of the reported incident of the leaking roof of the National Assembly Complex after a heavy downpour on Tuesday, 21 June 2021, the National Assembly has said that its leadership is not responsible for the maintenance and renovation of...

Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, Nigeria’s capital market infrastructure, bagged the prestigious Golisano Health Leadership Award 2020, a premium recognition of its significant contributions to Special Olympics’ Health programmes and the promotion of equal access to healthcare, wellness, and fitness for people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in Nigeria. The...

Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo on Wednesday evening emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State. Soludo emerged winner in a keenly contested primary election in Awka, Anambra State and monitored...

  The Senate will publish names of government agencies that have refused to appear before the Public Accounts Committee to defend queries raised by Auditor-General for the Federation in the 2015 report. Senate President Ahmad Lawan, made this known, after Senate considered the report of Committee on Public Accounts on...

Negative sentiments persisted on the nation’s bourse on Wednesday with the market capitalisation dropping further by N22 billion, amid sell pressure in Tier-1 banking stocks. Consequently, the market capitalisation which opened at N19.725 trillion shed N22 billion or 0.11 per cent to close at N19.703 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the result of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be released on June 23. The JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this on Wednesday during a news conference in Enugu. Oloyede said he had no reason whatsoever to withhold the...

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that sub-Saharan Africa would need 425 billion dollars by 2030 to support its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The President of AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this at the opening of the 2021 Annual Meetings of the Bank held virtually on Wednesday....

An Abuja based legal practitioner, Mr Emeka Okoye has dragged the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and  36 state governors to court over failure to implement financial autonomy for judiciary. In his originating summons dated June 18,  Okoye sued the 36 states through their attorneys- general. In the...