archive2023

says continent needs rapid industrialisation to get millions out of poverty Nigeria has a crucial and strategic role to play in the transition to a more sustainable energy future for the continent and the rest of the world, even as Africa would need rapid industrialization to get millions of its...

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) generated N715.09 million in revenue from passengers in third quarter (Q3) of 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says. This is contained in the NBS Rail Transportation Data for Q3 and Q4 2022 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The report shows that the figure...

The Registrar/Chief Executive of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede, has said that about 84,000 candidates on Tuesday sat for the rescheduled Mock-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Mock-UTME), which took place nationwide. Oloyede disclosed this on Tuesday while fielding questions from journalists after monitoring the exam in Abuja....

  David Adeleke, alias Davido, a Nigerian singer, has disclosed that his billionaire father, Adedeji Adeleke bribed him to go back to the university. Davido who disclosed this in a recent interview, said he initially left school and even ran away from home, but was eventually forced to return to...

  The Lagos State University (LASU) has signed technical affiliation agreement with two private institutions to provide educational services under the Sandwich Degree Programmes (SDP). The two private institutions are : Topmost College of Education, Ipaja, Lagos and Royal College of Education, Ifo, Ogun. The Vice-Chancellor of LASU, Prof Ibiyemi...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has awarded Senator Ifeanyi Ararume the sum of N5 billion for his sack as Non-Executive Chairman of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and restored him to the post. Delivering judgment in the matter today, (Tuesday, April 18), Justice Inyang Ekwo said that his...

A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Okey Wali, has been abducted, according to a statement by the NBA on Tuesday. The 64-year-old Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) was kidnapped along East-West Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State in the early hours of Monday,...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has said that the Federal Government’s planned petrol subsidy removal is one of the best economic decisions that will reduce Nigeria’s debts and tackle widespread corruption in the oil sector. LCCl President, Dr Michael Olawale-Cole, said this during the chamber’s second quarter...

    Mrs Aishatu Binani, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the Adamawa State governorship election, has asked the Federal High Court, Abuja to recognise her as the governor-elect of the state. In a motion ex-parte jointly filed by Binani and her party, the candidate asked the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has written the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, to investigate and prosecute the Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa-Ari for illegally declaring APC gubernatorial flag bearer Aishatu Dahiru, winner in Saturday’s supplementary elections. INEC disclosed this development on Tuesday via...