archiveNovember 30, 2022

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has advocated the institution of civic education in school curriculum to highlight the evils in vote selling and vote buying at elections and discourage citizens from engaging in them. Lawan made the remarks when a group known as Polling Unit Ambassadors of Nigeria...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has assured the manufacturers of non-alcoholic beverages in Nigeria that the National Assembly will address their concerns with respect to the implementation of the Finance Act 2022. The Finance Act 2022, among other things, imposes 10 percent tax on non-alcoholic beverages. Top officials...

Nigeria's capital, Abuja, is expected to literarily come alive on Thursday as former President Goodluck Jonathan and other top dignitaries converge on the city for the public presentation of The Letterman, a book on the 'secret' letters of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. The book, written by the Editor-in-Chief of Premium Times,...

As part of the activities marking the 2022 ITREALMS E-Waste Dialogue, the management of ITREALMS Media is partnering E-waste Producer Responsibility Organization of Nigeria (EPRON) and Ecofeld Nigeria Limited, for a day-long collection scheme of small electronic waste on Thursday, December 8, 2022. This is coming as part of the...

The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has stated that he plans to hand over a debt-free economy for his successor to build on. Wike made these remarks during the commissioning of the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital (RSUTH) Renal Centre and House Officers Quarters “I have told anybody who cares...

  as INEC urges parties to respect own constitution The United Nations (UN), has decried the low number of female candidates contesting in the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, describing the development as unacceptable and appalling. This is as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), urged political parties to respect...

  Lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have received full salaries for the month of November 2022. According to The Punch, the eight month arrears remained withheld by the Federal Government. A senior member of the union at the Bayero University Kano made this...

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Tuesday arrested another two suspected abductors and rescued a female victim inside their car around Pedesbytrian Church, Yaba, Lagos The General Manager of LASTMA Mr. Bolaji Oreagba stated the two suspected abductors were arrested by a team of LASTMA personnel...

Pending a full committee report review and a complete policy document appraisal, a new health reform bill that will reposition the country's health sector for improved delivery of set objectives to Nigerians will be in the works soon. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, made this disclosure, yesterday in Abuja at...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has sent his condolences to the family of a former minister of Steel Development, Paul Unongo, who died on Tuesday. Lawan also condoles with the government and people of Benue State on the passing of the illustrious political leader. "A former Chairman of...