archiveAugust 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Simon Harry as the new Statistician-General of the Federation to head the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Yunusa Abdullahi, spokesman to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, announced this in a statement on Thursday. Mr Harry is to succeed...

The Akwa-Ibom government has called on the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to urgently give concession to women in the state on product registration. The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Dr Ini Adiakpan, made the call on Thursday in Uyo, at the opening ceremony/ministerial session of the...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has queried Channels Television over the “inciting, divisive and unfair comments” made by Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on the station's ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme on Tuesday. It was also gathered that the commission is not comfortable with an interview granted by a former Navy...

Nigerian banks have warned that customers who do not comply with the new foreign exchange policy may face criminal prosecution by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This was disclosed via emails to their customers stating that defaulters of the new foreign exchange policy may face fines, including being prevented...

Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Plateau Stat branch, on Thursday, raised the alarm over the surging corpses in mortuaries and injured in hospitals across the State. It said it is saddened and disillusioned by the persistent and vicious killings in the State, pointing out they were exerting great toll on the...

 Ondo State Government has urged the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) to partner with it in developing private businesses, including Small and Medium-scale Enterprises (SME).Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu made the appeal when he received on Wednesday the National President of NACCIMA, Mr Ide Udeagbala and...

A frontline Nigerian televangelist and founder of Victorious Army Ministries, Reverend Joseph Agboli has reportedly died. Media reports have it that Joseph Agboli 58, died in London on Wednesday while undergoing treatment for heart disease. According to the reports, Agboli battled with heart disease and was undergoing treatment in a...

says govt open to working with local resources, expertise as Institute's president lauds Makinde on innovative leadership Governor 'Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has reiterated the readiness of his administration to partner with the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, NITP, on proper town planning and urban development in order to...

Northern Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to unveil the identity of the sponsors of the killers of innocent Nigerians. The group said failure to do so, they would occupy the 19 Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory. The NYCN also...

  Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara, has urged the Federal Government to declare a State of Emergency on security. The governor gave the advice when he received the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in-charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara, Ali Janga, on a courtesy call on Wednesday in Gusau. Matawalle said...