archiveSeptember 21, 2021

    The Senate has passed a bill seeking to control and manage sickle cell anaemia, a genetically inherited disease in Nigeria.   The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary).   Chairman of the Committee, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe...

  Operatives of the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a self-acclaimed spiritualist, Mohammed Ibrahim and his accomplice, Ibrahim Abubakar for allegedly defrauding one Mohammed Gaji of the sum of N16, 000,000.00 (Sixteen Million Naira) under the guise of conducting spiritual prayers to...

    The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Nationwide Emergency Communications Service.   This was just as the upper chamber approved 112 as the toll-free number for emergencies.   The passage of the Nationwide Toll-Free Emergency Number (Establishment) Bill, 2021, followed the consideration of a...

    The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to establish the Orthopedic Hospital, Dekina, Kogi State.   Also passed was a bill to establish the Federal College of Education, Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti State.   The approval followed the consideration of two separate reports by the Committees on Health (Secondary and...

*At launch of UN Global Compact Africa Strategy, VP urges private sector to scale up contribution to continent's economic growth *UN to open new Global Compact Africa office in Abuja, 2022 In furtherance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), seeking to promote economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection, governments...

The trial of Abubakar Ali Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, over an alleged N1.4bn oil fraud, could not continue today, Tuesday, September 21, 2021 before Justice S.S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja due to the absence of the defence counsel. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,...

  The attention of the Bank has been drawn to the action of Association of Senior Civil Servant of Nigeria (ASCSN) in Abeokuta. Going by all available records regarding the ASCSN account and transactions, Unity Bank hereby states that there's completely no wrong doing on the part of the Bank...

   proposes 30 years jail term for ransom collection    A bill proposing life imprisonment for the offence of kidnapping or any form of abduction, wrongful restraint and confinement on Tuesday passed second reading in the Senate. The bill sponsored by Senator Ibikunle Amosun (APC, Ogun Central) seeks to, among others,...

 The bears extended dominance on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Tuesday, as it extended loss position by 0.08 per cent following sustained profit taking on Tier 1 banking stocks.Specifically, the All-Share Index dipped 32.57 points or 0.08 per cent to close at 38,873.85 from 38,906.42 recorded on Monday. Accordingly, month-to-date...

 The Federal Government has established e-learning facilities in 218 secondary schools across the country to enhance learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Hajiya Sadiya Umar-Farouq,the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development,  said this on Tuesday  while inaugurating  the Northwest STEM project at GSS in Rano,...