archiveSeptember 13, 2021

The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has expressed determination to work with the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) to advance girl-child education and scale-up interventions in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mrs Buhari was speaking on Monday when she received the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Audrey Azoulay, who...

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 27 individuals in connection with suspicious illegal oil bunkering. They were arrested on Friday, September 10, 2021 at Ahoada Local Government Area, Rivers State. The suspects are: Mohammad Bello; Abubarkar Umar; Abdulkarim Ibrahim;...

commiserates with family, Ibadan Golf Club Governor of Oyo State, ‘Seyi Makinde, has described the death of the Captain, Ibadan Golf Club, Ola Ibironke, as a sad loss to the state. He commiserated with the immediate family of Ibironke and all the members of the Ibadan Golf Club, praying to...

  The European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS on Monday inaugurated a 25-member Youth Sounding Board, a body of young Nigerians, who will help in shaping and implementing EU programmes and strategies in the country for more inclusiveness. The union said the inauguration was part of its commitment to...

The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Mr Taiwo Adisa, has said the advertisement in circulation linking his boss to 2023 presidential ambition is fake. Adisa who disclaimed the advertisement in a statement in Ibadan on Monday, described it as one of the antics of fake...

  Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire has hinted that, without any doubt, in the long run, people will have to live with COVID-19 and that there is the need to design a way to do so, stressing that the plan will vary from country to country, depending on their...

The Federal Government has fixed  Sept. 30, as new date for the Nigeria at 60 Jubilee Special Award ceremony. The ceremony will be held at the Presidential Banquet Hall, Aso Villa. Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, made this known in a statement  issued by  his  Special Assistant on Media,...

  Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the Ibeju-Lekki axis of the state is prospering richly due to prophetic utterances of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Sanwo-Olu said this after watching a stage musical drama performance titled ‘Awo: The Man, His Jewel And…’, produced by The Duke...

  The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Ogun II Area Command, Abeokuta on Monday disclosed that it generated N13,7 billion from January to August. Comptroller Saleh Bala, of the command made this known during the working visit of the Zonal Coordinator Zone A, ACG Module Aremu, in Abeokuta. Bala said that...

  The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uche Ogah, has decried the absence of support from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the development of mines and solid mineral sector.The minister made his views known at a two-day public hearing organised by the Senate Committee...