archiveJanuary 3, 2022

  Some economists have defined areas that the Federal Government should prioritise to speed up economic growth and development in the new year. The experts spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom,...

The Lagos State Ministry of Education has insisted that public and private schools in the state will resume on Tuesday, January 4, 2021, to begin the second term of the 2021/2022 academic session. This is as the Commissioner for Education in the state, Folasade Adefisayo, urged school administrators in all...

  The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Admissions Board, says only candidates who have uploaded their O Level results will be offered admission on the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).The board  directed  admission seekers into the institution to upload their Ordinary Level (O level) results at any accredited centre of...

President Muhammadu Buhari has warmly felicitated with former Minister of External Affairs, Professor Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi, on his 80th birthday, coming up tomorrow, Tuesday, 4 January 2022. He congratulated the scholar, administrator, publisher and highly resourceful diplomat on the milestone. President Buhari joined the academia and the media in celebrating...

restates commitment to restructuring The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has debunked reports linking it with the presidential ambition of some southwest politicians in 2023. The group in a statement on Monday by its publicity secretary, Yinka Oguntimehin submitted that what Nigeria needs to be better is not for any of...

  General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to heed counsel by tagging bandits terrorists. The cleric, who presided over a New Year service, on Sunday, at the church’s headquarters in Ebute-Metta and later spoke through the Assistant...

The World Bank has said that Nigeria may have one of the highest inflation rates in the world in 2022, with increasing prices diminishing the welfare of Nigerian households. In addition to having one of the highest rate of inflation globally, the Brethenwood institution projected that Nigeria will have the...

Rite Foods Limited, the leading manufacturer of carbonated soft drinks, sausages and energy drink in Nigeria, has restated its commitment to corporate philanthropy with its sponsorship of Eniola Badmus’ ‘feeds the needy’ initiative on New Year’s Day in Lagos. The ‘Feed the Needy’ initiative is championed by Nollywood celebrity, Eniola...

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reiterated the plan by the state government to commence the construction on the Opebi-Mende link bridge and the 38-kilometre 4th mainland bridge this year. The Governor who was made this known while speaking at the 2022 Lagos State New Year Thanksgiving Service themed,...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is preparing to stage a nationwide strike should federal government continue with the planned increase in fuel prices. On Sunday, January 3; the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, urged workers and the citizens to prepare for total war against the fuel price hike. Wabba also named...