archiveSeptember 2021

  Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has approved the establishment of three new model colleges in the state to accommodate the substantial increase in school enrollment. The Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof. Femi Akinwumi made this known in Ado-Ekiti while receiving a team set...

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Wednesday took over the mansion of Abdulfatah Ahmed, the former governor of Kwara State, over an alleged indebtedness of nearly N5 billion. AMCON said in a statement Wednesday that the action followed the order of Justice A.M. Liman of the Federal High...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Uyo Zonal Command, on Tuesday September 21, 2021 took custody of two suspected illegal petroleum products dealers, Godtime Edet Bassey (50yrs) and Edet Asuquo (43yrs) from the Nigerian Navy Ship, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka, Akwa Ibom state. The suspects were handed over by...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has forwarded President Muhammadu Buhari’s nominees into the board of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to the Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes for screening. Also forwarded were the names of appointees into the newly established Boards of the Nigerian Midstream and...

*Attorneys-General recall, commend Osinbajo’s efforts as Lagos AG Six Attorneys-General from the South-West States visited Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, briefing him on the progress of justice reforms in their various States, many of which they said were inspired by the successes recorded during...

The Chief Medical Director of the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Prof. Bishop Ekele, says contrary to insinuations in some quarters, the hospital did its best to save a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, who died in the facility on Sunday. He, however,...

  *approves USD$57 per barrel oil benchmark, N410/US$1 Exchange rate The Senate has passed the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP) ahead of the expected presentation of the 2022 Appropriations bill to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. The passage of the 2022-2024 Medium Term...

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N836million as augmentation for the establishment of oxygen production plants for COVID-19 pandemic intervention across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the council had in June approved N5.615 billion to four major contractors for the emergency supply, installation...

 The Chairman, Board of Directors, Sterling Bank Plc, Mr Asue Ighodalo, has said that the annual agriculture output of 1.3 per cent is insufficient to meet food and raw materials demands.Ighodalo said in his address at the 4th Agriculture Summit Africa (ASA) 2021 organised by Sterling Bank with the theme:...

  Kano State has so far recorded no fewer than 11,475 suspected cholera cases from March to date with the death of 329 people. The Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer (DSNO) of the state, Mr Sulaiman Iliyasu, disclosed this at a media sensitisation on COVID-19 pandemic and Cholera outbreak on...