National Chairman of  Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has declared the readiness of the commission to monitor direct primaries of political parties once President Muhammadu Buhari signs the amended Electoral Bill into law.

NO fewer than 100 indigent Ebonyi Women and youths, Wednesday underwent skill acquisition and vocational training programme for strategic empowerment on Household/Domestic Products in Ebonyi State

The Senate,  Trade Union Congress, TUC, and experts yesterday disagreed with the Federal Government’s plan to remove fuel subsidy next year and replace it with a N5,000 monthly transport grant to 40 million Nigerians.

By Cynthia Alo Total Pension assets of the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS, increased by 0.8 per cent Month-on-Month, MoM, to N13 trillion in September 2021 from N12.9 trillion recorded in August 2021. According to the unaudited report on pension funds industry portfolio for the period which ended 30 September 2021 obtained from the National Pension […]

A coalition of 76 Non-governmental Organisations and Civil Society Activists have knocked the intelligence arms of the military and the Department of State Security Services for continued attacks on military formations and other infrastructure of the state by the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists as well as kidnapping and robbery by bandits saying the attacks were not only a set back to the war against insecurity but a blatant embarrassment to the armed forces and Nigeria in general.

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum is in the southern Borno senatorial zone to commission 23 government projects, mostly schools

Experts from different sectors, including Fintech, banking, investment banking and corporate finance among others, will have an opportunity to share insights on how technology could be leveraged to boost the financial inclusion strategy of the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) at this year’s Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CAMCAN) workshop.

THIS piece has nothing to do with the report of the Panel submitted to the Governor of Lagos State, as to the merits or otherwise, as the White Paper promised by the government is being awaited. Let me now invite you to look at some aspects of the Panel that can be of benefit to our dear nation, especially the judicial sector.

Leading International Climate Change Organisation, Climate Clock Newyork, USA has appointed Sustainable Development Goals Advocate Chuks Anyaduba as Country Director for Projects & Partnerships. In a letter signed by Climate Clock Co-Founder and CEO, Andrew Boyd and Gan Golan, reads thus: We are honored by your participation as an influencer, connector and producer and we […]

 Jobberman Nigeria recently organised an Agriculture Roundtable themed  ‘Harnessing Technology and Innovation to Close the Talent Gap in the Nigerian Agriculture Sector’. In this interview, the CEO, Rolake Rosiji, talks  youth involvement in agriculture, marketing and CBN intervention in the sector among other issues. Here is an excerpt

The Chief Executive Officer of PressPayNg, an EdTech firm, Mr Abiola Metilelu, has said about 18% of students in Nigerian tertiary institutions drop out of school for financial reasons, thereby truncating their dreams of acquiring higher education.

Mrs. Anike Adekanye, the Tutor General/Permanent Secretary of Education District 2, Maryland, Lagos has stated that she does not compromise success, adding that she values excellent working relationship with staff.

The National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Ide John Udeagbala, has called on world leaders to build a global reserve of funds that would be utilized in boosting businesses and helping members of Chambers of Commerce across the globe in the face of future crisis.  He […]

For Sade Opawunmi, winner in the female category of the 60th edition of the FirstBank of Nigeria Ltd. Lagos Amateur Open Golf Championship, which ended on Sunday at the Golf Section of Ikoyi Club 1938, it was dream come true.

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Dinidari Africa Foundation has planned to train journalists on how to tell Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) stories more professionally and devoid of sensationalism.