archiveAugust 2021

The Federal Government on Monday flagged-off the N-Power Batch C programme for one million beneficiaries in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Speaking during the exercise in Abuja during the flag off exercise, the minister, of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq,...

…says govt‘ll always go after criminals *Chief of Army Staff appreciates gov Oyo State Governor, ’Seyi Makinde, has pledged the continuous support of his administration to the Nigerian Army and other security agencies in the state. The governor, while receiving the new Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya,...

Chidi Ilogebe, Special Adviser on Students Affairs to Enugu State Governor, says no fewer than 135 indigenes of the state studying in University of Jos, Plateau, have been evacuated. Ilogebe disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Enugu. He said that the gesture by the state government became necessary...

Amnesty International has called on the Nigeria Police Force to release Gloria Okolie who was arrested on the allegation of being a member of the Eastern Security Network (ECN) controlled by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The 21-year-old was arrested in connection to the attacks on security formations...

…says recruitment based on merit Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Monday, charged the 5,000 newly-recruited teachers and 700 non-teaching staff converted to teaching cadre to embrace professionalism in the discharge of their duties. The governor, while speaking at the Induction and Training Programme for the new teachers employed by...

 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the number of fresh registrants on its online registration portal for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), has exceeded two million. The programme was launched on June 28. INEC said this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education...

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Osun State, is witnessing a disquiet over the decision of the institution’s Senate to uphold the recommendations of an investigative committee that gave a soft landing to a lecturer indicted for sexually harassing a student. According to an exclusive report on Monday by The Nigeria...

Developing countries are expected to receive $275 billion dollars out of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) $650 billion dollars Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to be distributed among member countries based on their quota shares in the IMF. Ms Kristalina Georgieva, IMF’s Managing Director, said this in a statement on Monday,...

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, disclosed that 135 persons have died in Lagos from COVID-19 during the third wave, and not 500 as being speculated. Sanwo-Olu, who provided the COVID-19 update, said about 1000 passengers from the red zones, with high delta variant cases, have absconded. “From...

The Acting Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has pledged management’s determination to reposition the nation’s seaports for greater efficiency, safety and accountability. Bello-Koko made the pledge in a statement signed by Mr Olaseni Alakija, General Manager Corporate and Strategic Communications, on Monday in Lagos....