archiveDecember 2021

The Senate on Tuesday received the Finance Bill 2021, transmitted by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly for consideration and passage.   The request by the President seeking the passage of the bill into law was contained in a letter dated December 7, 2021,  which accompanied the bill.   Buhari...

    says travel ban discriminatory, attack on diplomatic relations   The Nigerian Senate has condemned the United Kingdom’s inclusion of Nigeria in their COVID-19 red list without justification. The chamber, accordingly, called on the British authorities to consider removing Nigeria from the red list. It advised the UK government to...

The family of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr, the late 12-year-old Dowen College student, has hired the firm of a foremost human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, to prosecute its case against the institution over the death of their son. The development was contained in a letter written by the Oromoni...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company AEDC over Monday’s strike by the staff. A statement from the office of the Minister of State Power , Mr Goddy Jeddy-Agba, in Abuja on Tuesday said the sack was conveyed by the presidency to the Federal...

 Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday in Kano inaugurated the 2021/2022 “Operation Zero Tolerance,” to curb road crashes in the country.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oyeyemi inaugurated the 2021/2022 Ember months campaign at the Yankaba Motor Park, Kano. The theme...

Access Bank Plc has awarded 100 women with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) mini-MBA and financial grants worth N9.75 million to top five women in its Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton Season 3 grand finale. The hybrid ceremony which took place at the Access Bank Towers, on Tuesday in Lagos, brought together women...

The House of Representatives has urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to take over investigation into the alleged murder of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College in Lekki, Lagos State. The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of motion by Rep. Unyime Idem (PDP-Akwa Ibom) at plenary...

Nigeria loses 50 per cent of its annual crop production to the damages of pests, the Federal Government announced on Monday. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohammed Mahmood, announced this in Abuja at a press conference organised by the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service to mark the International Day of...

  The Federal Government of Nigerian has said that 50 per cent of the COVID-19 positive arrivals that the country has had were from the UK. Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehanire said this while faulting the UK government for red-listing Nigeria and other African countries over fears of the...

The Nigerian Communications Commission  (NCC) on Monday said that the annual ICT Innovation Exhibition and Competition would promote indigenous content development, its adoption and funding in the country. The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made this known in his address at a three-day...