archiveJune 2021

  The Governing Board of the National Examinations Council (NECO) has approved the appointment of Mr Ebikibina John Ogborodi as new acting Registrar. The appointment of Ogborodi as Acting Registrar/Chief Executive of the Council was contained in a circular issued by the Director, Human Resource Management, Mr Mustapha Abdul in...

Some gunmen on Thursday morning hijacked a bus belonging to Chimola School in Oba Ile Estate of Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo state. It was gathered that the gunmen abducted staff who was on duty to convey students to school and few pupils already in the bus. The...

  United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Aminat Mohammed, on Wednesday, said inadequate oversight and transparency led to the diversion of COVID-19 funds in some countries. Mohammed made the remark at the UN-General Assembly Special Session on Corruption (UNGASS) at UN headquarters in New York, NAN reports. The theme is “Challenges and...

  No fewer than seven people including police officers were shot dead in Osun State on Wednesday evening as armed robbers attacked two banks and a police station. Sources who witnessed the incident told PREMIUM TIMES that the operations were carried out at a First Bank in Ikire and Access...

  •accuses Twitter of double standards The Federal Government has accused the social media giant, Twitter, of double standards in its treatment of issues affecting Nigeria. It warned that it would not allow the microblogging site to dictate to President Muhammadu Buhari his views on national issues. The accusation followed...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the gruesome murder of retired AIG Christopher Dega, Senior Special Adviser on Security to Gov.  Samuel Ortom of Benue , by gunmen in Jos, Plateau.The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Wednesday, said...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 25 new Coronavirus (COVID-19) infections, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 166,560. The NCDC indicated this late Wednesday via its official Twitter handle. It added that the new infections were recorded in five states. The public health...

A bill seeking to make it unlawful for a government of the federation to have an abandoned project in any part of Nigeria on Wednesday scaled second reading in the Senate.   Titled: Compulsory Development Planning and Project Continuity Bill, 2021, the piece of legislation is sponsored by Senator Jibrin Barau...

kicks off Oyo CARES farmers' support programme in Igboora we'll flag off Isaba-Ogundoyin road, fix roads in Igboora, Eruwa Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, declared that his administration will do more to end insecurity in Ibarapaland and other areas of the state. The governor added that insecurity in...

wants NEMA to send reliief materials to stranded IDPs   Senator representing Benue South District, Abba Moro, has called on security agencies in the country to, as a matter of urgency, intervene in the killings of natives by suspected herdsmen in four communities in Benue South Senatorial District.   The lawmaker...