archiveNovember 2021

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Friday threatened to shut down the country should the Federal Government proceed to remove subsidy from petrol as proposed. The President of NANS, Sunday Asefon, who issued the threat during a press conference held in Abuja, called on Nigerians and all its...

 The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says that 3,487, 298 eligible persons in Nigeria have been fully vaccinated against Coronavirus (COVID-19), having received their second jabs. Dr Faisal Shuaib, Executive Director, NPHCDA, disclosed this  during the inauguration of mass vaccination exercise for Nasarawa State on Friday in Lafia. Shuaib...

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has assured the business community of Federal Government’s unrelenting efforts to restore the country to a path of economic growth.He said on Friday in Lagos that the target was to make the growth rate higher than population growth rate. Osinbajo gave the assurance at the 2021...

The Nigerian stock market extended its losing streak on Thursday by 0.32 per cent due to losses in some highly capitalised stocks. Accordingly, the All-Share Index declined by 136.25 per cent, representing a decrease of 0.32 per cent to close at 43,108.77 from 43,245.02 posted on Wednesday. Consequently, the month-to-date...

VP commends outgoing NEPC CEO, Segun Awolowo on Zero-Oil Plan foresight Export Development Fund activated for the first time through Buhari’s ESP - Awolowo Focusing on non-oil exports, with the Zero-Oil Plan actively promoted by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Nigeria is on the right path to economic diversification,...

  A preliminary analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that three out four of African health workers have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Making this disclosure at a virtual news conference on Thursday, WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti disclosed that only 27 per cent...

The fraud trial of Nicholas Mutu Ebomo, former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, continued on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 before Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the fourth prosecution witness, Adamu Yusuf, an operative of the Economic...

Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned the fraud trial of Emmanuella Eteta Ita, Head of Stakeholders Unit of the Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS till January 31, 2022 and February, 2022 for a trail-within-trial to determine the voluntariness of the first defendant’s statement to...

The mother of Princess Adeola Ogunwusi, daughter of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has refuted the claims that the king raised her daughter as a single parent. This comes as a response to the Ooni’s post on his official Instagram and Facebook pages when he celebrated Princess...

  Outgoing UN Resident Coordinator to President, VP: I am impressed with your leadership Retired Generals tasked with defence & armed forces reform visit VP for counsel For those fortunate enough to be elected to lead the people, engaging with them is not only an important concern but an aspiration....