archiveAugust 2021

The University of Ibadan’s contingent at the 2020 edition of Huawei ICT Global Challenge has emerged as one of the Global Champions in the National and Cloud Categories. The University’s Public Communications Director, Office of the Vice Chancellor, Mr Tunji Oladejo, said this in a statement in Ibadan. He said...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recommendations of the committee which reviewed 368 grazing sites in Nigeria. The reserves cut across 25 states and the review will determine the levels of encroachment. The directive followed his approval of the report of the team chaired by Chief of Staff, Ibrahim Gambari. The...

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, had said that the South-West region had paid about N3billion as ransom to kidnappers in the last two years. According to Tribune, Adams stated this on Thursday at the South-West Security Stakeholders’ Conference organised by the South West Security Stakeholders’ Group, with...

 Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday expressed optimism that Nigeria would still  attain greater heights and  occupy an enviable position in the comity of nations.Obasanjo said this in Abeokuta  while addressing newsmen after a closed-door meeting with Prince Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The...

It is in the nature of God to create new beginnings and Nigeria is on course for one, regardless of all doubts, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. He stated this while featuring at the ongoing 25th Annual Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God – The Americas,...

 The Presidency has constituted a presidential delegation ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Kano for the marriage of his son, Yusuf Buhari, to Zahra Bayero, on Friday. Zahra is the daughter of Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi in Kano State. A statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the...

  Rite Foods Limited, makers of Bigi drinks, Rite sausages and leading energy drink brand, Fearless, has announced its sponsorship of the second edition of the King’s Cup Golf Tournament, scheduled for October 10, 2021 in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Rite Foods Limited is the official beverage sponsor of the King’s...

  By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM In an encouraging development, inflation in Africa’s largest economy fell for the fourth consecutive month in July. Consumer prices rose 17.4% from a year earlier, lower than the 17.8% witnessed in June and below the 17.5% estimates in a Bloomberg survey....

L – R Front: Adeola Oluwabiyi, Director Internal Audit NDIC; Alfred Okoh, Tech Assistant to DG Budget Office; Hon. (Mrs) Omolola Abiola Edewor, ED Corporate Services NDIC; Bello Hassan, MD/CE; Osung-Etisong Ginika, Forcast Manager Budget Office; and Hashim Ahmad, Director Procurement NDIC and other participants at NDIC Budget Sensitization/Strategic Session...

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has charged members of the Board of the NNPC Greenfield Refinery Limited (NGRL), to explore all available options to bring an end to the current challenge of petroleum products importation. Mallam Kyari gave the charge Thursday...