archiveFebruary 2023

Nigeria is one of the few African countries that has leveraged on some road safety principles and have recorded remarkable progress in road safety administration and management despite a ‘gloomy’ beginning. The road safety situation in Nigeria was so deplorable that the World Health Organisation once described the country as...

The West African Examination Council (WAEC), has released the result of the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), the second series for private candidates with 30,954, candidates representing 42.16 per cent obtaining credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics. The WASSCE...

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Saturday appealed to residents to remain calm, even in the face of the difficulties and frustrations due to cash shortage. Sanwo-Olu made the appeal while addressing newsmen at Lagos House, Marina, on the current situation caused by Naira redesign in the country. He...

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has advised Nigerians to vote wisely, choosing good and capable candidates at all levels. According to them, “our votes are precious; we must use them well.” The CBCN made the submission in a communiqué issued at the end of their 2023 first plenary...

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to reverse his stance on the old naira notes in order to calm down the crisis across the country. Akeredolu, who faulted the declaration of the president that the old N1000 and N500 notes are no more legal...

Residents of Kaduna State have ignored the directives of Governor Nasir El-Rufai that they should continue using the old N500 and N1,000 as legal tender to transact their businesses. El-Rufai, while making a state broadcast to the citizens of the state, described the naira redesign policy as a weapon by...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday, said only members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), are authorized to use the Bimodal Voter Authentication System (BVAS) machine, at the polling units during the February 25 and March 11 elections. The Commission, however, said it would track Corps members,...

Ghanaian footballer who plays in the Turkish Super Lig, Christian Atsu has been found dead in the rubble of the devastating earthquake in Turkey. Atsu, 31, had been reported missing following the earthquakes which have claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people in Turkey and Syria since February...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has urged eligible voters to make efforts to identify their voting locations ahead of the general elections. Yakubu gave the advice on Friday in a message addressed to voters which he personally signed. Checks revealed that some of the...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered an additional sum of N900,000,000 (Nine Hundred Million Naira) for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The sum was part of monies which some Deposit Money Banks fraudulently withheld since 2015, and refused to remit into the NHIS’ Treasury Single...