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President Muhammadu Buhari is being expected to return to Abuja after an eight-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he also performed the Umrah (Lesser Hajj). He departed Saudi Arabia via the King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday. Buhari’s aircraft is expected to land...

The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), Mr Temi Popoola, has said that the market would see a renewal in Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) listings as four new ETFs were in the pipeline. This was echoed by Popoola at the completed ETFs conference themed “ETFs in the Nigerian Capital...

President Muhammadu Buhari has retired the acting Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere Idris. This is sequel to the expiration of his initial extended one-year tenure as well as the dust raised by several Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), who warned the Presidency against another consideration for...

    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...