archiveJuly 19, 2021

In furtherance of its efforts to support communities and governments to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, The Coca-Cola System in Nigeria, comprising Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) and Coca-Cola Nigeria Ltd, has donated business start-up equipment to women and youths in communities in Aba, Abia...

No fewer than 1.6 million candidates are expected to participate in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) scheduled to begin on August 16. The Head of National Office (HNO) of West African Examination Council (WAEC), Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the figure in an interview with the News...

  President, Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE) Mustapha Isa, has said the letter containing a directive from the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on reporting of terrorist attacks in the country was vague. The NGE President disclosed this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily. “My...

The Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari has urged Nigerians to give maximum support to the President Muhammadu Buhari stressing that his success is the success of the nation and that of the citizenry. Professor Gambari who came to his ancestral home, Ilorin, for the first...

  Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, former vice president and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said Eid-el-Kabir is a reminder of what we must do to heal Nigeria. Atiku in a statement he signed on Monday said the season is here with us again to celebrate Eid-el-Kabir and most...

Mr Hammed Abodunrin, Ondo State Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has disclosed plans to organise free personal security training for journalists in the state. Abodunrin made the disclosure on Sunday during his familirasation visit to the office of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union Journalist...

  Nigeria posted more COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with Lagos state leading the table in infections. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC), reported 203 additional COVID-19 cases and one COVID-19 related death on Sunday, as the deadly virus continued to rage in Africa in its third wave. The NCDC...

 The Ikeja Electric and Eko Electricity Distribution Company have been sued for failing to implement the order capping estimated billing of some of their customers.A group, the All Electricity Consumers Protection Forum (AECPF), filed the suit dated July 12, before an Ikeja High Court. A copy of the suit was...

The Presidency has described as unfortunate and disappointing the way and manner Bishop Matthew Kukah castigated his country, Nigeria, before the United States Congress. A statement by the President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Sunday in Abuja, advised Kukah to desist from sowing discord and strife among Nigerians. The presidential...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to urgently instruct Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to withdraw the directive containing a “sweeping gag order banning journalists and broadcast stations from reporting...