Esther Chukwuemeka, 20 years old, has been called to the Nigerian Bar, thus making her the youngest Nigerian lawyer to be called to Bar. Esther who hails from Okigwe, Imo State, reportedly finished her secondary school at the age of…
The Commissioner for Information in Benue, Mrs Ngunan Addingi, says that the health institutions in the state lack 2,000 personnel. Addingi stated this on Thursday after the State Executive Council meeting held in Makurdi. “The personnel requirements in all health…
Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has congratulated his Ondo State counterpart, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) , on the affirmation of his election by the Supreme Court. Fayemi ,in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, in Ado-Ekiti, said…
The NYSC, in collaboration with Bauchi State Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA), have embarked on environmental sanitation in all the 20 local government areas of the state. Coordinator of the NYSC in Bauchi State, Alhaji Hamisu Abubakar, said in Bauchi on…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced an end to the weekly allocation and sale of foreign exchange to Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in the country. CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, made the announcement on Tuesday while briefing reporters…
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has explained that the $36 million border bridge project linking Nigeria with the Republic of Cameroon will smoothen the free trade relationship under the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) signed by…
Ten Nigerian athletes were among 18 competitors from “high-risk” nations who have been barred from the Tokyo Olympics after failing to meet requirements for out-of-competition drug testing, World Athletics’ independent anti-doping arm said Thursday. The Athletics Integrity Unit said the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to increase the budget for the education sector by as much as 50 per cent over the next two years. In the long term, he promised that budgetary allocation to the sector would witness a…
Shortage of manpower in forensic expert in the country has been described as one of the challenges mitigating against curbing the menace of cyber attacks, which the duo of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and National Institute for Security…
An alleged international fraudster, Ramon Abbas who is popularly known as Hushpuppi, has pleaded guilty to multi-million dollar fraud charges filed against him by the United States government. In a plea agreement document, Hushpuppi agreed to plead guilty as charged.…
