archiveApril 2024

  …CBN urged to continue raising interest rate Nigeria, Ethiopia, Malawi, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe are the sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries that recorded the fastest rise in food inflation in February this year, according to a new report by the World Bank. The latest edition of the Africa Pulse report,...

  recovers a total of N32.7bn and $445,000 from humanitarian ministry   The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered fraudulent activities related to Covid-19 funds and the Abacha loot, amidst mounting concerns over financial mismanagement within the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. The Commission...

  The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 2023 general election in Nigeria, Peter Obi, has said that Nigeria’s problems are far bigger than the crises that his party is presently He made the remarks during an appearance on HaveYourSay247, an interactive online session with Nigerians. The...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended Abdullahi Ganduje, the former governor of Kano State. Ganduje is the current national chairman of the ruling APC. Ganduje’s suspension was communicated by Halliru Gwanzo, the legal adviser of Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State. Addressing journalists in Kano on...

  Governor Ademola Adeleke has set up an action committee to implement decisions reached between the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and the Osun State Government to combat sexual violence through mobile courts and other measures. Governor Adeleke had during a visit to the Federal Minister of Women Affairs affirmed...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have warned candidates against patronizing “fake sites” offering ‘live’ questions and answers. Addressing newsmen at the Force Headquarters, on Saturday during a joint by the two organizations, the Force Spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi noted that the sites...

A dispatch rider, Monday Osazuwa, dazzled the Special Offences Court in Lagos with revelation on Friday when he narrated how the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, instructed him on different instances to collect the sum of $3 million cash in tranches. Osazuwa, who was led in...

  JAMB has said the UTME registration slip is not the document to take to the examination centre , JAMB responded to an inquiry on the printout that candidates can take along when going to their various examination centres. The 2024 UTME is scheduled to commence on Friday, April 19,...

  In a landmark move hailed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global first, Nigeria has rolled out a “revolutionary” vaccine against meningitis, a deadly disease that has plagued the African continent for decades. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lauded Nigeria’s initiative, stating that the new vaccine has...

  Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure to rehabilitate and widen the Ibodi-Ilesa road at Ilesa to forestall incessant accidents that have claimed lives in recent times. The State Governor has also directed the Commissioner for Transportation to consider the creation of a trailer park...