archiveApril 2022

The Federal Government on Friday approved the reopening of four additional land borders shut in August 2019 as part of efforts to curtail smuggling and boost local production of rice. A circular released by the Nigeria Customs Service, signed by Deputy Comptroller-General E. I. Edorhe, on behalf of the Comptroller-General...

  According to available information, the monarch died at the Afe Babalola Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The monarch, who reigned for 52 years, was said to have died on Thursday at the Afe Babalola Teaching Hospital. According to available information, he had gone to the hospital for his routine...

Just as international cooperation and collaboration in military action is yielding positive results in the Lake Chad region, improved synergy among stakeholders will enhance economic stability and peace in the area, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this Monday in Abuja at the opening of the...

The wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun has lamented the activities of counterfeiters of “Adire” Fabric, calling on the relevant regulatory agencies in the country to urgently address the issue of intellectual theft bedeviling the industry. This is just as she lauded Ecobank Nigeria for supporting the just...

Members of the Senate Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been invited by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, to an iftar dinner today by 6:30 pm. The notice of invitation was conveyed in a letter read by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the start of plenary. The...

The Senate has passed a bill to establish the Federal University of Technology, Auchi, Edo State. The passage of the bill followed its re-commital to the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday. The motion for re-commital was sponsored by Senator Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North). Senator Abdullahi, in his presentation, recalled...

AT least 68 persons are said to be with the terrorist group that abducted travelers from the scene of the March 28 train attack. Daily Trust had reported how the armed gang bombed the rail track, forcing the train to derail after which they opened fire on passengers. Before the...

EFG Hermes, the leading investment bank franchise in Frontier Emerging Markets (FEM), announced today that its investment banking division has successfully completed advisory on Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) $6.1bn initial public offering (IPO) on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) – the largest ever listing in the Middle East...

    The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on Tuesday, resigned as Senator representing Nasarawa West Senatorial District. This was even as the newly elected Deputy National Chairman (North), Abubakar Kyari, also resigned as lawmaker representing Borno North District. The resignation letters of both...

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja zone, on Monday, insisted that the lecturers will not resume duties in public universities until renegotiated 2009 agreement is signed, implemented and the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) is deployed for payment of salaries of university workers. ASUU zonal coordinator,...