archiveOctober 11, 2021

  says our hope in God with challenges says more parties likely to be registered 2023 polls not do or die affair, says NIPSS DG We’ll right our wrongs, says IPAC chairman Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern over “some gaps”...

From Monday, 11 October 2021, fully vaccinated travellers from Nigeria will be able to visit England without needing to provide a pre-departure test, undertake a day 8 test or self-isolate for 10 days, although will still need to book and pay for a day 2 test. This policy applies to...

Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has sent a message of appeal to members of the National Assembly who are in the process of reconciling the different versions of the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill passed by both chambers to save the country the crisis and trouble that will result...

Mastercard Foundation and KAP Film and Television Academy have announced a partnership to train 300,000 Nigerian youths in film, television, and motion picture production over the next three years. In a statement, the Chief Executive Officer and Founder, KAP, Mr Kunle Afolayan, said, “The academy focuses on growing the next...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday officially unveiled a digital Performance Management System (PMS) that would help track government projects across the country in real-time. Buhari launched the PMS at the Midterm Ministerial Performance Review Retreat which held at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. At the unveiling, the president said...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said Nigeria’s official exchange rate is “artificially low”. He made the remark during a speech at the Midterm Ministerial Performance Review Retreat which was held at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to the nation's number two man, “As for the exchange rate,...

 Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate everyone implicated in the Pandora Papers.The CSOs are the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the National Chapter of Transparency International (TI) in Nigeria, and Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ). The Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal...

The Federal Government on Sunday granted environmental approval for evaluation and open cultivation of TELA Maize in the country. This is contained in a statement by Mr Alex Abutu, Communication Officer of African Agricultural Technology Foundation, (AATF), West and Central Africa, in Abuja. Abutu explained that TELA maize is a...

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that the 11.9km Second Niger Bridge, 120 km Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and other key projects will be completed within the second term of this administration. The key projects are being executed under the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF). The president stated this at the opening...

The Lagos State Police Command has warned the organisers of the planned protest to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the #EndSARS protest to desist from such a plan. This was disclosed by the Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Hakeem Odumosu, via a statement issued and signed by the State...