archiveSeptember 24, 2021

  The Organised Labour has urged the Federal Government not to flout the agreement entered with the FGN-Labour Committee on Electricity Tariff to freeze further increase of electricity tariff. The President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba, gave the warning in a statement on Friday, in Abuja Wabba said...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that Nigeria will spare no efforts at getting rid of Boko Haram terrorists, especially in the North-East part of the country. Buhari also said that though the insurgent group has been weakened by the defence forces, it is still active in the country and reigning...

  Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has compensated families of two operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, who died in the cause of duties with N10 million each. The Media Director of RRS, Taofiq Adebayo, disclosed this on Friday in a statement, stressing that the governor was fulfilling...

Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has released a list of names to make up his executive cabinet. The development is coming 10 months after he was sworn in for a second term in November 2020. See the full list below: 1) Barr. Osamudiamen Wole-lyamu (Oredo). 2) Mr. Chris Nehikhare...

Residents of six communities in Ife North Local Government Area of Osun have decried four months of power outage in the areas. They said that the total power blackout had paralysed economic and social activities, as well as raised the level of criminals activities in the communities. The affected towns...

A policeman, Sgt. Samuel Phillips, who was alleged to have been responsible for the killing an 18-year-old female admission seeker in the Ijeshatedo area of Surulere, Lagos State, has been dismissed and would be arraigned, the spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, has said. He stated this...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved activities lined up to mark Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. The minister was represented by Dr Ifeoma Anyanwutaku, Permanent Secretary in the ministry. Mohammed said the...

  Fidelity Bank Plc, is set to host the 11th and 12th editions of its Export Management Programme (EMP) to further boost Nigerian businesses for sustainable export capabilities. The Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, disclosed in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

The Federal Government has alerted the general public to heightened security activities preparatory to the events marking the country’s 61st Independence anniversary. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, issued the security alert in a statement released in Abuja on Friday . He, however, urged residents of the...

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, September 23, 2021 arraigned a prominent Ilorin-based businessman based, Chukwudubem Ezenwa, for offences bordering on fraud before Justice Muhammed Sanni of the Federal High Court, Ilorin. Chukwudubem, who is the Managing Director of Chukwudubemapple Tech Limited,...