archiveAugust 2023

    state to set up agric support, loan scheme, distribute food relief, farm inputs as gov directs protesting workers to resume Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, announced the short-term plans of the administration to mitigate the effects of the fuel subsidy removal on residents of the state,...

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) on Saturday said it will embark on peaceful protests from Wednesday, August 9, 2023, if the Federal Government does not meet its demands. The association also said it will be picketing the Federal Ministry of Health, the Office of the Head of Civil...

  The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has abolished all forms of sit-at-home in the South-East. As a consequence, he has declared that every Monday in the South-East should be observed as Economic Empowerment Day (EED). This was contained in a statement circulated by...

  Stakeholders in the education sector, including the West Africa Office of the Association of African Universities, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, and the National Universities Commission have launched a Framework of Action for Accelerating Academic Excellence in the Nigerian higher education system. A major point of the framework...

The Senate has asked the Chairman of the Economic  Community of  West  African  States (ECOWAS) and other leaders of the region to tread softly in addressing the political quagmire in Niger Republic. Rising from a closed-door session that lasted close to two hours to discuss the letter written to the...

The National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu has said lessons have been learnt from the 2023 general elections and that there would be improvement in the forthcoming off-cyclee elections in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa states. He added that the commission was satisfied with the...

  Peter Obi, the Presidential Candidate, Labour Party in the 2023 election, has decried the exit of the Pharmaceutical giant, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) from Nigeria after 51 years of operations. Obi, the former governor of Anambra State, made this known in his official X handle on Saturday morning in Lagos. It...

  The Senate will resume screening of President Bola Tinubu’s 48 ministerial nominees for the fifth non-consecutive day on Saturday. The red chamber had previously screened some nominees for confirmation on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Those expected to be screened today are Festus Keyamo, Bosun Tijani, Isiak Salako, Lola...

President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, flagged-off construction of the  first phase of the  1,350MWs Gwagwalada Independent Power Plant (GIPP) in Abuja, The first phase is expected to deliver 350Mws of the entire project. Speaking at the official groundbreaking event, the President said part of his campaign promises was to use...

The Chairman of Medical Guild, Dr Sa’eid Ahmad, has said findings of the investigative panel on the cause of death of Dr Diaso Vwaere revealed that the installation of the malfunctioned elevator that led to her death was done by a contractor who did not have an elevator system installation...