archiveApril 19, 2023

    The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed the death of one person while others suffered injuries in an accident between government-owned Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) and commercial vehicle. “An accident at Ifako inwards Ogudu Bridge involving a BRT Bus and a commercial Bus. One Casualty on...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of 84,000 candidates, who sat for the supplementary Mock-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Mock-UTME). The exercise was conducted on Tuesday, in 387 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres across the country. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Oloyede, on Tuesday, said the glitches earlier...

  The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has fixed May 30 and 31 to continue the trial of Mr Ali Bello, a nephew of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi and three others arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged N3 billion fraud. When the...

The striking aviation unions on Tuesday gave a seven-day ultimatum to totally shut down the airport, with a procession to the international wing of the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA). The unions, made up of National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE); Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria...

The Federal Government has said it will increase the tax imposed on tobacco products from the current 30 to 50 per cent in order to meet the World Health Organization (WHO) standard. The Head, Tobacco Control Unit, Noncommunicable Disease Division, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Mangai Malau, disclosed this...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is presiding over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting for the second consecutive week at the State House, Abuja. The meeting which is holding at the Council Chambers commenced shortly after opening prayers by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, and the...

Abia State Governor Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has countered the decision of the management of Abia State University led by Prof. Maxwell Ogbulu to increase the tuition fee of the school by over 350 per cent. An invoice given to some fresh students which went viral Monday showed that undergraduates in...

President Muhammadu Buhari said he has taken due notice of judgment by the Federal High Court, Abuja, restoring Senator Ifeanyi Ararume as the non-executive Chairman of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). In a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Buhari said he...

  The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi said he has never violated any law in relation to his alleged detention by the UK Immigration Service. The Labour Party presidential candidate stated this in a statement vis his verified Twitter handle. Obi’s comment comes following his reported...