By Joseph Erunke – Abuja The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, Prof. Elias Bogoro, on Tuesday, disclosed that a total of N10 billion meant for high impact projects in selected tertiary institutions has been mopped up. The money he said, was part of the amount meant for high impact projects but regretted that […]

The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the Oyo State Security Network Agency (Amotekun) Bill, 2020 into law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill was read for the third time and subsequently passed. The Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin, said the passage of the bill into law […]

Eminent leaders of thought, on the platform of Third Force Movement, have faulted the Supreme Court on its decision to reject the review of its controversial judgement on the 2019 governorship elections in Imo State.

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-olu of Lagos State has called on community, religious and traditional leaders as well as associations and educationists to cooperate with his administration in spreading information essential for containment of coronavirus. The governor made the call on Tuesday at a Stakeholders’ Forum on the Management and Control of COVID-19 (coronavirus). He was represented […]

Twitter wants its employees to stay out of the office so they don’t come down with the coronavirus. The social media giant told all of its roughly 4,900 staffers this week to work from home if possible as the potentially deadly disease known as COVID-19 continues to spread around the world. “Our goal is to […]

Derby boss Phillip Cocu believes Wayne Rooney’s experience and insider knowledge will be “extremely important” when they play his former side Manchester United in the FA Cup fifth round. Now Derby captain, Rooney is United’s all-time top goalscorer after a trophy-laden 13 years at Old Trafford between 2004 and 2017, and he has had a […]

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara on Tuesday handed over a new 5, 000-litre capacity fire fighting truck to the state fire service. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor had late 2019 given two ultra-modern skytick fire service technology to the service. AbdulRazaq praised the service for doing so much to prevent […]

The Nigerian Army says that more Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists have surrendered to the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) in the North East. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Iliyasu said that the gallant troops […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo The “Osun Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corp Establishment Bill 2020” scaled the third reading and passed by the State House of Assembly on Tuesday. Prior to the passage of the bill, the lawmakers dissolved into the committee of the whole in order to amend and introduced fresh clauses into the […]

Major international airline, Emirates, is asking staff to take unpaid leave for up to a month at a time due to the rapidly spreading coronavirus that has led to flight cancellations around the world. Emirates has cancelled flights to Iran, Bahrain and to most of China because of the virus, and countries around the world […]