…wish service chiefs success in crucial endeavors By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Impressed by President Buhari’s appointment of the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has promised that a grand reception would be organized in honor of the new Army chief. The governor on Friday, sent his congratulations to the newly appointed […]

By Femi Bolaji IT is the first month of 2021 but politicking ahead of the 2023 poll has started taking shape in Taraba State. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has since the return to democracy in 1999 been producing the governor of the state. While the leading opposition party, the All-Progressive Congress, APC, almost pulled […]

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja An expert in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode of education, Prof. Olufemi Peters, has identified standard as the “weak-link” in the recent flurry by the single-mode universities in Nigeria to offer online education in the race to find an answer to the Covid-19 challenge. A statement by Ibrahim Sheme, […]

The Federal Government has begun the disbursement of N133 million to 133,762 beneficiaries under the Household Upliftment Programme-Conditional Cash Transfer (HUP-CCT) in Jigawa.

By Sola Ogundipe Two cases of the highly contagious coronavirus variant first discovered in South Africa have been detected in the US. A statement from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control confirmed the cases but said a travel history or a connection was yet to be established between the cases. One case […]

By Fortune Eromosele THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has presented its first witness against Aisha Alkali Wakil, popularly known as ‘Mama Boko Haram’ before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri. She is facing a fresh three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, inducement and obtaining by false pretence to the tune […]

Interim Administrator/Chief Executive Officer, Niger Delta Delta Commission (NDDC), Barr. Emmanuel Effiong Akwa, has commiserated with the Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa over the death of his father, Chief Arthur Okorie Okowa. A press statement made available to journalists, signed by the Special Adviser to the Interim Administrator/CEO, NDDC (Media), Olorogun Jaro Egbo […]

THE Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETfund, has commended the present management of Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, over increased remittance of education tax to it.

By Henry Umoru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking for the screening and subsequent confirmation of the newly appointed Service Chiefs. President Buhari in a letter to the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, dated 27th January 2021, said that the screening was being sought in furtherance of Section 18 (1) […]

Oyo State on Friday recorded 76 new COVID-19 cases, according to data obtained from the microsite of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

Karaye Emirate Council has pledged its commitment to the successful conduct of the boundary demarcation exercise embarked by the Federal Government in some parts of the State ahead of a National headcount.

Amnesty International on Thursday accused the Nigerian government of attempting to cover up the killing of a dozen citizens during peaceful protests in Lagos last October. Youth-led demonstrations in Nigeria began against police abuse, quickly spiralling in broader calls for reform. But they ended weeks later when security forces shot at demonstrators in Lagos — […]

  At least four people died Friday after a fire broke out in Romania’s main hospital treating Covid-19 patients, officials told AFP. Three patients were found dead at the Matei Bals hospital in Bucarest and a fourth died despite attempts at resuscitation, state secretary of the Ministry of Interior Raed Arafat told reporters. The fire […]

…Worries over rising public debt By Babajide Komolafe The Central  Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday warned the Federal Government (FG) against imposing another total lockdown of the country, saying such a move would be catastrophic to   Nigerians and the economy. Meanwhile, the apex bank has retained the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 11.5 per cent, […]

By Dirisu Yakubu An Abuja based legal practitioner, Barrister Silas Joseph Onu has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to name a new Inspector General of Police, IGP, in line with the provision of the Police Act 2020, following Tuesday’s appointment of new security chiefs. This is as the tenure of incumbent IGP Abubakar Adamu expires […]