archiveSeptember 2021

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) announced that it had stopped airlines and ground handlers from growing their debts on the mandatory five per cent Ticket Sales Charges (TSC) and Cargo Sales Charges (CSC). The Director General, NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, made this known during an interactive session with the...

The Kano State House of Assembly has ordered Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje to remove the Chairman of the State Revenue Board, AbduRazak Salihi, within 48 hours for violating the constitutional provision of the nation and disrespect to the legislative chambers. The Chairman was said to have refused to disclose the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the approval of the Senate to obtain $4 billion and €710 million loan to address critical projects approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The request was contained in a letter read Tuesday by the President of the Senate, Dr Ahmed Lawan, at the resumption...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that InfraCorp Plc, the N15tr Infrastructure Fund which will boost funding for capital projects, will be launched in October. This was disclosed by the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday in Abuja at the annual banking and finance conference organised by the...

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...