The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Thursday that the federal government was implementing the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) with a loan of about $140 billion dollars. National President of the Union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi who discussed this at a meeting with the leadership of the House of … Read more
Oyo State government has empowered 99 war veterans, disabled ex-servicemen and some widows of late ex-servicemen in its efforts to provide welfare for war veterans and the families of soldiers who died in the cause of serving their fatherland. The State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Alhaja Faosat Sanni said this during the … Read more
Spain’s equality minister has tested positive for coronavirus and has been quarantined with her partner, deputy prime minister and Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias, a government statement said Thursday. “The minister (Irene Montero) is in a good condition and second deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias is also in quarantine due to the situation,” the statement said. … Read more
The Senate has approved for second reading an amendment bill for Higher National Diploma or its equivalent as the educational qualification required for any Nigerian Presidential or gubernatorial aspirant. Ekohotblog understands that the bill which was sponsored by Senator Istifanus Gyang seeks to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to provide for … Read more
Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire during a conference in Abuja has disclosed that the Italian man, the index case of Coronavirus in Nigeria, will be discharged soon. The Minister made this revelation on Thursday in Abuja when he met with the diplomatic community deliberating on more measures to be taken by the Federal Government … Read more
The Speaker of the Lagos state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has insisted that the political empire of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in Lagos remains intact and strong. Obasa made this statement on Wednesday following reported insinuations of friction between him and Bayo Oshinowo, … Read more
Lagos State emerged one of the best states in Nigeria at the year 2020 National Junior Engineers, Technicians, and Scientists, (JETS) competitions. The state’s Head of Public Affairs Unit, Ministry of Education, Kayode Abayomi, said that Lagos State team won 11-star Trophies and 14 Medals as 1st Position National Theme Project, 1st and 3rd Position … Read more
Nigerian media personality and leader of the ‘Free The Sheeple’ movement Daddy Freeze Ifedayo Olarinde better known as Daddy Freeze has announced his resignation from Cool FM, Lagos. Daddy Freeze made the announcement via his social media handle on Wednesday evening. The controversial OAP is bidding Cool Fm goodbye after 20 years of working with … Read more
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