The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed on Wednesday announced that Nigerians need to adjust to life without oil following the breakdown in global oil price caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Ahmed, while speaking at the Going for Growth conference, noted that the current economic challenge came unexpectedly. Mrs. Zainab Ahmed … Read more
Meristem Wealth Management Limited launches a N1 billion subscription offer of Meristem Growth Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and Meristem Value Exchange Traded Funds, ETF. The two ETFs are syle indices that record the NSE-Meristem Growth Index and NSE-Meristem Value Index respectively and attract a wide range of stock for investors. Similarly, the ETFs are professionally … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of Ore Industrial Park, Femi Akinkuebi, has disclosed that the park which is made up of different sections, including factories, can employ about 120,000 youths. Akinkuebi added that the project is a partnership effort between the firm and the state government to expand industrialization in the state productively and to provide employment … Read more
Hollywood Actor, Tom Hank, and wife, Rita Hank tested positive to the ongoing novel Coronavirus. He posted on Instagram a picture of a medical glove in a waste bin and captioned it: https://www.instagram.com/p/B9nVasnBNF5/ “Hello, folks. Rita and I are down here in Australia. We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body … Read more
On Monday, the governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, finally had his pound of flesh when he masterminded the unceremonious ouster of Muhammadu Sanusi II, the 14th Emir of Kano from the throne. Sanusi was accused of many things, notably the “total disrespect to lawful instructions from the office of the state governor and … Read more
The ASUU-LASU Chairman, Dr Ibrahim Bakare, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos that academic activities were ongoing in the university as his chapter was yet to join the two-week warning strike. NAN reports that ASUU had on Monday declared a two-week warning strike over Federal Government’s refusal to pay lecturers … Read more
A non-governmental organisation, Network for Police Reform in Nigeria, NOPRIN, has said 38 percent of extra-judicial killings recorded between January 2019 and January 2020 happened in Lagos State. National Coordinator of NOPRIN, Ikule Emmanuel, made this know at a briefing in Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, lamenting that extra-judicial killings have risen exponentially because of “death … Read more
Lagos State Government has issued a stern warning to uniform men flouting the State’s Transport Sector Reform Laws. It is illegal for any security operative in mufti to ride commercial motorcycles on routes where Okada and tricycles have been restricted, the Government said on Wednesday. The pronouncement was part of the issues discussed during a … Read more
The Federal Government has declared the current two-week warning strike embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities illegal. ASUU declared a warning strike on Monday, on grounds that the government had yet to address issues raised in agreements it reached with the union from 2009 to 2019, including poor funding of the university … Read more
The death toll in Europe’s worst-affected country jumped by 196 in 24 hours to 827. Confirmed cases across the country rose to 12,462 from a previous 10,149. Italy tightened its coronavirus quarantine on Wednesday, ordering bars, restaurants and hairdressing and beauty salons to close, after the highest daily increase in deaths of any country outside … Read more
Three dead and at least 10 wounded as a barrage of Katyusha rockets hits Taji military base near Baghdad an Iraqi base housing the United States and coalition troops on Wednesday. US media, citing official sources, said that one US soldier and one British soldier were among the three dead. They also said an US … Read more
Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault in a landmark #MeToo case. A jury on February 24 found Weinstein guilty of sexually assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and raping former aspiring actress Jessica Mann. .In an emotional statement in court, Haleyi spoke of … Read more
Governor of Nasarawa State, Mr Abdullahi Sule, is meeting with President Buhari at the presidential villa. Sule arrived at the Presidential Villa at about 10am ahead of the Federal Executive Council meeting. It’s unclear the agenda of the closed-door meeting with Buhari, however, findings indicated that the governor might have visited the President to brief … Read more
A 25-year-old undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt has been remanded in the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre, for impersonation and obtaining money by false pretense following his arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The UNIPORT undergraduate, Sunday Noble, was remanded on the orders of Justice E. A Obile of the Federal … Read more
The Alimosho General Hospital, Igando, on Monday 9th March, joined its counterparts around the world to celebrate the 2020 World Glaucoma Day set aside by the United Nations to advocate constant ophthalmological checks towards curbing the development of Glaucoma. Speaking at the commemoration, the Medical Director, Dr. Madewa Adebajo, urged the participants to go for … Read more
Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Rabiu Olowo has expressed the State Government’s intention to ensure the entire Finance and Accounts employees are certified International Public Sector Accounting Standards, IPSAS, individuals, irrespective of their Grade Levels. Olowo stated this on Monday at the opening session of ongoing training of 500 Finance and Accounts officers on … Read more
Microsoft, through its Microsoft for Startups initiative, has announced the launch of its Global Social Entrepreneurship programme. Around the world, startups are creating new businesses, built around powerful technologies and designed to make the world a better place. Innovators and entrepreneurs are finding new ways to harness technology to drive purpose-led social enterprises that measure … Read more
A 45-year-old American-based Nigerian, Stephen Ezenduka, was on Tuesday, arraigned before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Lagos Island. He was docked over allegation of identity fraud and unlawful possession of a United States of America, USA, passport with the name Mr. David Bussey, Vanguard reports. Ezenduka, whose residential address was not given, is facing … Read more
The hearing of the trial of The Convener of #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, have resumed today at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The duo are being tried before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu over Allegations of treason, money laundering among others. On March 5, the government had filed a motion on … Read more
Oyo state government has said that the Computer Based Test (CBT) for teacher’s recruitment would hold in April on a soon-to-be-announced date. This is also as the government noted that applicants’ competence, qualifications, and ability will be major determinants for their final recruitment The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye, made … Read more