archiveMarch 2022

  “She was an icon in the University of Benin and we missed her greatly,” ASUU mourned.   The University of Benin chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Saturday described the demise of Prof (Mrs) Grace Alele-Williams, first female Vice-Chancellor in Nigeria as saddening. Ray Chikogu,...

 The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, sacked the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly Eteng Williams, and 17 of his colleagues over their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Two members of the House of Representatives from the...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has identified the officer, who leaked a video of the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, in the custody of the anti-graft agency. On March 17, Obiano was taken into custody in Lagos, before he was transferred to...

Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO Plc), is set to continue its long-running showpiece event– The Food and Drink Festival. For the 5th Edition, this headlining event will hold from Saturday, April 30 to Monday, May 02, 2022, at the GTCentre, Plot 1 Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos. The GTCO...

The Pan-African banking group, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) is set to pay its shareholders dividends of $0.16 per share totaling $40 million for the year ended December 31, 2021. This implies approximately CFA90, N66.6, or 1.08 Ghana Cedi per share. For Nigerian and Ghanaian investors, this represents 5.5 times and...

The Senate, Tuesday, passed a bill to provide the needed legislative framework for the establishment of the Federal College of Education, Ekiadolor, Edo State. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND. The bill which scaled second reading on...

    *VP receives delegation from development agency for South-West States at Presidential Villa Amid tight fiscal revenue generation, especially in the States of the Federation, agriculture can be a significant contributor to government coffers, boosting resource mobilization. All it takes is the hardwork and dedication of all stakeholders in...

The House of Representatives is to investigate the circumstances that led to a train conveying passengers from Lagos to Ibadan running out of fuel midway during the journey. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Ndudi Elumelu, the minority leader of the House on...

  Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, reserved ruling on the bail application filed by one Kolawole Adedayo Erinle till March 21, 2022. Erinle, was arraigned alongside his firm, Rinde-Remdex Nigeria Limited, on March 11, 2022 by the Economic...

  The NBS said the new data was a 0.10 per cent increase from the 15.60 per cent recorded in January 2022. The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday in Abuja said Nigeria recorded an inflation rate of 15.70 per cent in February 2022. The Statistician-General of the Federation, Simon...