Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Thursday, April 1, begins a 15-day working vacation, as the first installment of his 2021 Annual Leave. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Akure by Mr…
The Federal Government is proposing to spend the sum of N396 billion for the COVID-19 vaccination in 2021 and 2022. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this on Wednesday after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting,…
The Federal Ministry of Education says Nigeria has received 15 million dollars response grant from the Global Partnership on Education (GPE) for COVID-19 safe school reopening across the country. The Director, Basic and Secondary Education in the ministry, Hajia Binta…
The Nigeria Army has dismissed allegations of lopsidedness in its recruitment and enlistment processes, saying that it fully complied with the Federal Character principle in the exercise. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in a statement on Wednesday,…
Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF), on Wednesday, empowered a total of 16,000 women in all the 16 local governments’ area of Kwara State. Each of the 16 thousand rural women were given the sum of N10,000 each, to help boost their…
The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has emphasised that the Commission will always be open to ideas, innovations and meaningful collaboration with strategic institutions for the development of human capacity in…
By Ayo Fadimu Unknown gunmen have attacked the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo and killed three policemen guarding him. The incident according to his media aide, Christian Aburine, occurred when the gunmen invaded his…
The Nigerian Air Force has yet again shown its humane side by assisting in the airlift of COVID-19 medical relief materials donated by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with the support of donor partners like Team Europe,…
The alleged killings of protesters at the Lekki tollgate on October 20, 2020 by soldiers are unverified, according to a report by the US Department of State. The report Tagged “2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Nigeria,” was released…
BY Kayode Tokede Amid mixed corporate earnings declared by listed companies in 2020 and money market auction, the equities market of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) dropped by N628billion in first quarter of 2021. The market capitalization opened for trading…
