President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to consider the appointment of an indigene of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, as a cabinet minister. A constitutional lawyer, Musa Baba-Panya, made the call on Wednesday in a statement he released in…
By Ibiyemi Mathew The National Information technology development agency (NITDA) has hosted the first of its kind digital hangout. The hangout which went live yesterday on Microsoft team had in attendance Stakeholder’s from the public and private space from the…
Nigeria has surpassed 200,000 cases from the coronavirus pandemic 18 months after the first positive case was identified in an Italian traveller on Feb. 27, 2020, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease (NCDC). The NCDC via its verified website…
Big Brother Naija housemates Cross and Pere are set to begin investigating the quarrel between lovebirds in the house, Nini and Saga and also Emmanuel and Liquorose. Cross and Pere while speaking on Wednesday expressed concern over the quarrel between…
Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Lilian Salami has announced the immediate closure of the University, following the protest that rocked the institution on Tuesday. It was reported that students of the institution blocked the ever-busy Benin-Lagos…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration Transportation Secretariat, has directed licensed taxi and terminal operators to withdraw all the touts they stationed along the roads that harass motorists and other road users. The Acting Secretary of the Secretariat, Malam Usman Yahaya,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with consummate author, journalist, poet, essayist, photographer and Pan-Africanist, Lindsay Barrett, as he turns 80 Sept. 15. Jamaica-born Barrett took Nigeria’s citizenship in the 1980s, and the President recalls meeting him at the warfront in…
Enugu State Government says it has begun to enforce the payment of the 2020 and 2021 sanitation rate. The Managing Director of the Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA), Mrs Amaka Anajemba, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement made available to…
The Governing Council of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos has approved the appointment of Mr Mayokun Olumeru as its new acting registrar with immediate effect. A statement signed by the university’s spokesman, Dr Elvis Otobo, and made available in Lagos on…
Four unemployed men, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing coil wires worth N27 million from two warehouses. The defendants, Chinedu Nwakolobi, 34, Uchenna Ogidi, 28, Ifeanyi Nnaji, 34, and Ekene Eze, 37, all reside at…
