archiveDecember 10, 2021

  The Police Command in Osun has arrested one Ibrahim Abdulazeez, 30, who allegedly purchased a Toyota Camry 2010 model for N2,650 from a car dealer in Osogbo, Osun State. The Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, while parading some suspects at the police headquarters in Osogbo on Friday, said the...

  Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has vowed to stop cultism and bullying in public and private schools across the state. He spoke in reaction to the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College, who was allegedly bullied to death by senior students. Sanwo-Olu, who commissioned the newly...

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Lagos State Chapter, says it will be supporting people living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Nigeria. The Chairman of the NIPR, Lagos State chapter, Mrs Comfort Nwankwo, made the disclosure at a media briefing to herald its 6th edition of Lagos Public...

The $3 million Extractive Industry and Climate Change Governance Fund aims to help steer the natural resources sector in West Africa toward sustainable and inclusive development Today, the Ford Foundation announced its commitment of $3 million to launch the Extractive Industry and Climate Change Governance Fund, a five-year initiative to...

  As a result of the retaliatory action taken against the Emirates UAE airline by the Federal Government of Nigeria which led to the reduction of an earlier 21 frequencies approved for the Middle East airline to just one, the airline has in return announced the suspension of its operations...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it has successfully carried out a mock session for the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in the country. NCC spokesman, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, explained that the simulated auction held on Friday in Abuja was preparatory...

Academic staff Union of Universities (ASUU) turned to Nigerians Friday to appeal to the Federal Government to honour the MoA and MoU signed with it. Various zones of ASUU made the appeal on Thursday and Friday as its three-week ultimatum given 15 November expired. Professor Oyebamiji Oyegoke, who is the...

  The National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, says the new National Working Committee (NWC) of the party will be guided by consultation, teamwork, internal democracy and national interest. Ayu stated this in his address at the inauguration of the NWC in Abuja on Friday, assuring that...

  The National Pension Commission (PenCom) on Friday said about 10 Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs) had met or exceeded the minimum capital base of N5 billion specified by the commission. Mr Ehimeme Ohioma , Head, Surveillance, PenCom said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

Crucial indicators of the performance of the nation’s bourse closed Friday positive with 0.47 per cent growth following renewed investor interest. Specifically, the All-Share Index, which opened at 41,685.22 inched higher by 199.75 points or 0.47 per cent to close at 41,882.97. Also, the market capitalisation increased by N103 billion...