archiveOctober 2021

  The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the suit filed by the Attorneys General of the 36 states querying the legality of the Presidential Executive Order 10, 2020. President Buhari had in the Executive Order he signed on May 22, 2020, made it mandatory for all states to include...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has called off their one-month old strike. They will now resume work on Wednesday. In a communique signed by the Nigerian Medical Association, Secretary-General, Ekpe Philips Uche, after the meeting held among delegates of NMA and NARD on Sunday in Abuja, the NMA...

  NAFDAC on Monday in Abuja warned Nigerians to shun frozen poultry products and other food items preserved with formalin.Formalin is a poisonous chemical popularly used to preserve corpses in mortuaries. NAFDAC’s spokesman, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that unscrupulous business people had been using...

The 2 Division of the Nigerian Army on Monday launched “Operation Still Waters”, to tackle kidnapping and other security challenges in the states under areas of responsibility of the division. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exercise which began on Monday is expected to run through December...

  Airtel Africa has announced that its subsidiary, Airtel Networks Ltd., (Airtel Nigeria) has initiated a process to buy back 8.27 per cent minority shareholdings at N55.81 per share.The Group Company Secretary, Mr Simon O’Hara, disclosed in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday...

  Ikeja Electric Plc says some area under its operational network will experience outage for a period of eight weeks to enable the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) re-conduct its 132KV lines.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mr Olajide Kumapayi, Chief Technical Officer, Ikeja Electric, made the announcement...

No fewer than eight of the 16 contestants for the Vice-Chancellorship seat at the University of Ibadan (UI) have withdrawn their participation in a scheduled town hall meeting on Monday. One of the organisers, who pleaded anonymity, told newsmen on Sunday, in Ibadan, that eight of the contestants had withdrawn...

 The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has charged directors to rethink their roles and influences to ensure economic development and engender social stability.Mr Asue Ighodalo, Chairman, Board of Directors, NESG, said this at the investiture of Dr Ije Jidenma as the 17th President and Chairman of Council of Institute of...

Whitemoney, housemate of the just concluded television reality show, Big Brother Naija, Season 6, Shine Ya Eye edition, has emerged winner of the show. This was announced by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, the moderator of the show, during the live grand finale show on Sunday. Whitemoney has won N90million worth of prizes,...

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have successfully foiled an attempted attack by the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists on a facility housing some surrendered Boko Haram members in Damboa, Borno state. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, in...