archiveSeptember 2021

The Federal Government has dismissed media reports that a visitation panel report had indicted the management of University of Lagos (UNILAG) following the leadership crisis that engulfed the university in 2020. The Permanent Secretary in the Federal ministry of education, Mr Sonny Echono, dismissed the allegations during a news conference...

The Ministry of Education has assured that candidates who missed the 2021 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) in the South East, will be given another opportunity to write the examination. Mr Sonny Echono, the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, made this known while monitoring some examination centres in...

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has successfully rescued the four people trapped in a grey Toyota Camry with registration number KRD-822FX by a 40ft containerized truck which fell sideways at Abalti Barracks on Sunday. In a statement by Head, Public Affairs-LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, the incident occurred along Abalti...

  The Federal Government says in spite of the challenging times the country has gone through over the years, its resolve to remain as one indivisible entity has remained unshaken.    The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Monday in Abuja at the opening of...

The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) says the heavens will not fall if a northerner succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. “We will surprise them in 2023 because we will vote for who we want, including the northerners, and nothing will happen. If we choose to vote for a northerner, the...

Football’s world governing body FIFA will hold a meeting with its member-associations over the controversial plan to hold the World Cup every two years. An online summit on the international match calendar will take place on Sept. 30, FIFA announced on Monday. FIFA’s proposal to hold World Cup finals every...

A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Kingsley Moghalu has lamented that the Nigerian government’s involvement in economic issues is the main problem holding down the nation’s economy. Moghalu who spoke on Monday, during an interview on Arise TV, where he stated that Nigerian leaders...

A Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwan Nama, on Monday, sentenced a labourer, El-Kanan Emmanuel, 20, to three years in the correctional centre for stealing 60 litres of kerosene. The Judge, Mr Lawal Suleiman, handed down the sentence after the convict pleaded guilty to the two count charge of...

The Organised Private Sector (OPS)of Nigeria has said fulfilling of tax obligations, especially remitting Value Added Tax, has become confusing as businesses did not know the actual authority to relate with. A statement from the association disclosed that OPSN chairman, Mr Taiwo Adeniyi, said this while addressing a forum on...

Bridging the gap to attain sustainable solutions to economic recovery will be the most impactful route to drive lasting and meaningful growth; for this to be achieved, creation of opportunities, conscious inclusion of Small and Medium Enterprises and youth entrepreneurship are crucial. The Managing Director/CEO of Heritage Bank Plc, Ifie...