archiveSeptember 2021

Former Niger State governor, Alhaji Babangida Aliyu has urged the Federal Government to develop a comprehensive national plan to cater to the nation’s growing population. Aliyu, Chairman, Board of Trustees of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, gave the advice at the foundation’s Scholars, Mentorship Forum, held on Thursday in Abuja....

  The family of late Sir Victor Uwaifo has announced the burial arrangements for the late music legend. The burial arrangements, according to the family, will take three days. In an exclusive chat with The Nation, Uwaifo’s manager, Chris Eburu, said the burial ceremony will begin on September 23-26, 2021....

  No fewer than 5,890 terrorists have surrendered to troops in the Northeast following intensive bombardment of their hideouts, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has disclosed. Five hundred and sixty-five of the surrendered Boko Haram terrorists, comprising three Commanders, four Amirs, five Nakibs and others have been handed over to the...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has explained that concerted efforts by the Corporation and some Federal agencies to combat the menace of smuggling of petroleum products have been largely hampered by existing arbitrage fueled by the prevailing huge price differentials in pump price of petrol in Nigeria and neighboring...

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said that troops of Operation Hadarin Daji arrested no fewer than 81 bandits, their collaborators and other criminal elements in the last three weeks across the North-West Zone. The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Bernard Onyeuko, made the disclosure while giving an update on the...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied Senate’s allegation that it has failed to remit 80 per cent of its operational surpluses into the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) account in the last five years. The CBN denied the allegation which was made by the Chairman Senate Committee on...

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a criminal investigation into an approximated six trillion naira given to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) since 2001. Recall that the President had ordered for a holistic forensic audit of the activities of the Commission from inception to August 2019 in response to the...

  The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) declared in Lagos on Thursday that 27.4 million Nigerians earn below N100,000 per annum.It said the figure represented 48.9 per cent of persons living in poverty in the country. It made the declarations at the launch of a report entitled:  “The Ignored...

    Access Bank Plc has posted a profit before tax (PBT) of N97.49 billion in six months as at June 30. This was stated in the bank’s interim financial statement signed by the Company Secretary, Mr Sunday Ekwochi, posted on the website of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd. on...

A candidate from Lagos State, Monwuba Chibuikem, has emerged as the best candidate at the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) with a score of 358. According to The Cable, the information was contained in a document shared by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board at its policy meeting held...