archiveAugust 2023

  The Nigeria Police Command has said checkpoints on highways in the country cannot be discarded for now. This is contained in a statement by the police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Monday, noting that the excesses of Police officers at checkpoints need to be reviewed. Adejobi made this known while...

  as Commission targets children for enrolment   The Lamido of Adamawa, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo Aliyu Mustafa, has commended the management of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) over its successes in the registration of Nigerians for the National Identity Number (NIN). The monarch, who gave the...

Global financial service firm JP Morgan has estimated Nigeria’s FX Reserve to be around $3.7 billion much lower than reported figures of about $30 billion. The bank disclosed this in its latest report on Nigeria titled “Nigeria: Reform pause rather than fatigue”. The bank noted that the lower-than-reported FX reserve...

THE Kano State Police Command has banned all protests in the state with immediate effect. The command, in a statement on Monday, August 21, signed by the Commissioner of Police (CP) Mohammad Usaini Gumel, said intelligence received by the command indicates that two dominant parties, the All Progressives Congress (APC)...

To help parents and wards cope with the economic hardship that attended the Federal Government’s removal of the petrol subsidy, the Kaduna State government has decided to reduce the tuition fees of some tertiary institutions in the state. The state Governor Senator Uba Sani who gave the directive stressed that...

Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe has called on the Nigeria Electronic Fraud Forum, NeFF to come with solutions to the challenges posed by electronic fraud to financial system. According to a report published in Vanguard Newspaper, she made this call in Lagos while speaking at...

  Author: Dr. Omoniyi P. Ibietan Publisher: Premium Times Books Year: 2023 Pages: 460 Reviewer: Azu Ishiekwene Date: July 25, 2023, Abuja, Nigeria   My job today is to review the book, and not the man. But since the man made the book, I would, to slightly paraphrase Oscar Wilde,...

The Nasarawa State government and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) are set to partner on a lithium processing policy that would ensure that Lithium mined in the State is processed locally instead of exporting it raw. According to press statement signed by Mr. Olusegun Ayeoyenikan, Director,...

  President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, charged the 45 newly sworn-in Ministers of the country to prioritise the interests and welfare of the entire nation and its diverse population, above any regional or state-specific considerations. Speaking at the inauguration of new members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the...

The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) raised alarm on Sunday over alleged attempts by some politicians to undermine election tribunal cases through corrupt practices. The TMG Chairman, Mr Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani) who expressed the concern via a statement also condemned in strong terms the Federal Government for pulling down the...