The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday advised Nigerians to adopt alternative payment methods like electronic transfers to avoid the spread of Coronavirus.

  It was Sir Tom Stoppard, the British playwright, and screenwriter that succinctly opined that “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon.” This much was demonstrated at the screening of The Avalon Daily’s documentary – Paying The Price (Press freedom in Nigeria), held […]

The House of Representatives has set up an ad hoc committee to recommend measures to address the continuous fall in price of crude oil at the international market due to the negative effect of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Former Brazil and ex-FC Barcelona player Ronaldinho Gaucho is adapting quickly to life in a Paraguayan jail, the head of the facility told Reuters on Monday. The former Paris St-Germain (PSG) forward’s lawyers are however hopeful he may soon be released into house arrest while the investigation continues. “In broad terms he is doing very […]

Chairman of Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, LASUBEB, Wahab Alawiye-King, has said the dilapidated state of some schools in the state was due to negligence and the lackadaisical attitude of some stakeholders.

The Borno Government has approved N578 million for the payment of scholarship to indigenes of the state studying in tertiary institutions in the country. The state Commissioner for Higher Education, Isa Hussain, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Maiduguri on Tuesday. Hussain said that at least 23,776 students studying in Nigeria and 118 foreign […]

ABUJA- THE Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has appealed to the  Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to “reconsider its decision  on the on-going strike in the interest of the nation.”

Areghan succeeds Mr. Olutise Adenipekun, who retired from the services of the Council on March 5. Until his appointment, Mr Areghan was the Head of Test Administration Division, WAEC, Nigeria.

By Dirisu Yakubu ABUJA- Immediate past governor of Gombe state, Ibrahim Dankwambo has aimed at veiled salvo at the Kano state government following the removal of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II.   Sanusi, the former Central Bank of Nigeria governor was on Monday dethroned and banished to a rural community in Nasarawa state […]

 Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Dr Tunji Bello, has urged residents of Lagos State to prepare for likely consequences of 240-270 days rain with the 2020 rainfall predicted to begin in March 19 and end Nov. 22.