archive2023

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has said that any attempt by the Federal Government to increase taxes will lead to a negative impact on households, individuals, and businesses. NECA’s Director-General, Mr. Adewale-Smatt Oyerinde, pointed this out in a statement on Sunday. Reacting to the position of the International Monetary...

says terrorism in the Sahel is a common global challenge restates: Africa has potential to become first truly green civilization In order for Africa to fulfill the needs and yearnings of its people while attaining its growth ambitions, the role of knowledgeable leadership committed to good governance remains critical, according...

The Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has carpeted Nigerian youths over the rate of alleged disrespect towards the older generation on social media. The Minister lamented that it was appalling that the youths were justifying their disrespectful nature under the guise of being angry with the older...

The World Bank has revealed that Nigeria's constant fiscal deficit has worsened the nation's public debt stock, with 96.3 per cent of government revenue spent on servicing debt in 2022. The institution disclosed this in its recent Macro Poverty Outlook for Nigeria: April 2023 brief. According to the Bretton Woods...

  The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the R21 malaria vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. The Director General of NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this on Monday at a press briefing in Abuja. This makes Nigeria the second country to...

  says Nigeria's first professor of medicine believed in the nation and its potential   Throughout his lifetime, the late Prof. Theophilus Oladipo Ogunlesi showed what it meant to live by values necessary to build people and institutions while also contributing to the common good. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN,...

The 2023 Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi has said that nobody can force him out of Nigeria. Obi spoke at Onitsha Holiday Resort in Anambra State while responding to calls for him to leave Nigeria. A former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode had challenged Obi to leave Nigeria and...

Governor Hope Uzodinma has emerged as the flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Imo State governorship election. The chairman of the Governorship Primary Election Committee, Rear Admiral William Kayoda (retd) declared Uzodinma as the party’s flagbearer for the November 11 exercise. The party’s primary election was held...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates, who had registered for the 2023 optional Mock-UTME but could not sit for the examination held on Thursday, 30th March 2023, on account of technical challenges, to print their notification slips from Friday, 14th April 2023. The board said the...

United Bank for Africa (UBA) reported a profit surge of 29.1 per cent in the three months to March, profiting from a series of rate hikes by the Central Bank of Nigeria that helped strengthen interest income and boost the bottom line. The pan-African lender saw interest income accelerate by...