The Akinruyiwa of Owu Kingdom, Chief Olumide Aderinokun, has announced plans to pay the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) registration fees for less privileged students across the six local government areas in Ogun Central through his foundation, Olumide and Stephanie…
By Abimbola Abatta The Ministry of Education in Bauchi State has vowed to close down any school in the state and punish culprits found culpable of child molestation. The ministry expressed concern with the increasing cases of corporal punishment in…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Teachers and parents have been called upon to be more committed to upbringing of children for a better society following the high rate of cultism, drug abuse and ritual killings among the youths in the country.…
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has said that the institution has been able to attract research grant of N17 billion during his tenure. Ogundipe said this at the UNILAG Law Alumni event, “The Great Homecoming” which…
That Nigeria is largely challenged with infrastructure deficits accompanied with decaying vicissitudes of existing ones is incontestible. The bank of infrastructures needed to propel appreciable growth in the economy appears to be much irreconcilable to the existing profile of the…
By Seun Ibiyemi The Nigerian Stock market recorded its first weekly loss in the year, as the All-Share index declined by 0.18 per cent in the week ended 11th February 2022 to close at 47,202.3 points. This is according to…
The combined market capitalisation of stocks worth over one trillion (SWOOTs) depreciated by 0.51% to close at N18.14 trillion from N18.23 trillion the previous week, reflecting a loss of N93.62 billion. Stocks included in this classification are AIRTELAFRICA, BUA CEMENT,…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says building of modern and resilient ports infrastructure will fast track the country’s economic development. The acting NPA Managing Director, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Saturday signed by…
Poised to increase direct foreign investment into Ogun State, Governor Dapo Abiodun, has embarked on visits to Egypt and Ethiopia. The Governor during investment tour met with the Ethiopian Minister of Industry, Ato Melaku Alebal, in Addis Ababa, and sought…
The National Assembly has urged the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to work more in the area of improving airport security using the latest modern technology at the country’s airports. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Aviation, Sen. Smart Adeyemi,…
