archiveFebruary 20, 2023

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has reiterated that he will not join the All Progressives Congress (APC), despite its stance on zoning the presidency to the south. The governor, who described the insinuations that he will defect to the APC as speculative, maintained that he remained an unrepentant member of...

  says mental and physical development of our children are at stake Aside from other key development indices, the lives of young people and the future of the country depend largely on the collective efforts by public and private sectors towards improving human nutrition outcomes across the country, according to...

    we thank Governor Adeleke for maintaining peace-CBN we have issued queries to some banks - CBN   The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has warned against hoarding of new naira notes by commercial banks, calling on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to sanction financial...

    Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Femi Falana has given the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) seven days to explain how the bank distributed the new naira notes. The CBN had stated that it printed enough brand-new N200, N500, and N1,000 notes to go around...

Equity investors on the Nigerian Exchange recorded a gain of  N228.7 billion as trading activities resumed on Monday as the capitalization rose by one per cent, from N29.31 trillion with which it closed on  Friday to N29.53 trillion today. The All-Share Index appreciated by 419.89 basis points to close at...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, on Monday afternoon held a meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and the three aggrieved governors who sued the Federal Government, at the secretariat of the party. The governors were Nasir El Rufai (Kaduna), Yahaya...

Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has stated l that he would reduce multi-dimensional poverty by 40 per cent in his first four years and put food on the tables of all Nigerians if he is elected president on February 25, 2023. Atiku also vowed...

  to lead Lagos APC rally Tuesday   President General Muhammadu Buhari on Monday afternoon, returned from Addis Ababa after attending the 36th African Union Summit in the Ethiopian capital. Buhari participated in three high-level meetings on peace and security, climate change and the political situation in some West African...

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)has disclosed that no fewer than 1.6 million candidates have been registered for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). Its Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this at the end of a joint monitoring exercise with the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr David...

The Founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, has condemned the closure of all universities in Nigeria by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, as directed by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed. Babalola noted that...