UNILAG governing council removes Ogundipe as vice-chancellorThe governing council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has removed Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the vice-chancellor of the school. Mikhail Mumuni, the media adviser to the chairman of the governing...Wed Aug 12th, 2020 Read More → |
Court fixes Oct. 15 for judgment in suit challenging appointment of judgesThe Federal High Court Abuja has fixed Oct. 15 to deliver judgment in a suit challenging the procedure adopted by President Muhammadu Buhari in the appointment of judges of the High Court of...Wed Aug 12th, 2020 Read More → |
Nigeria receives ventilators promised by Trump in AprilNigeria has received 200 ventilators from the United States to help its fight against coronavirus, a promise made by President Donald Trump in April, health officials said Wednesday. PHOTO:...Wed Aug 12th, 2020 Read More → |
Buhari, Governors call for joint strategy to end conflictsPresident Muhammadu Buhari PHOTO: Twitter President Muhammadu Buhari and State Governors on Tuesday ended their meeting on the state of the nation’s security with call for a joint strategy...Wed Aug 12th, 2020 Read More → |
COVID-19: NCDC confirms 423 new cases in NigeriaNCDC Response Team PHOTO: Twitter The Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC) has on announced 423 fresh cases of the COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC, which made this known on its official...Wed Aug 12th, 2020 Read More → |
Debt burden suffocating Nigeria’s economic growthNigeria’s economic growth is choking under the huge burden of debt servicing. As at end of the first quarter of this year, total public debt had risen to N28.628 trillion. The recent...Wed Aug 12th, 2020 Read More → |
Safety concerns as Russia approves ‘world’s first’ COVID-19 vaccineSkepticism, yesterday, greeted the announcement by Russia that it had approved ‘‘world’s first’’ vaccine for COVID-19. Russia announced the approval after carrying...Wed Aug 12th, 2020 Read More → |
Fighting two enemies: COVID-19 and stigmatization - Part 3Africans and indeed Nigerians are steeped in cultural and societal norms. As can be seen from the deep meanings we attach to names and the aura they bring, COVID-19 is not an exception. COVID-19...Wed Aug 12th, 2020 Read More → |
Insurgency: NAF assures Borno of unrelenting security effortThe Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has restated commitment to the restoration of peace and ensuring adequate security in Borno, the Northeast region and the country. The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS),...Tue Aug 11th, 2020 Read More → |
NECO releases 2020 examination timetableThe National Examinations Council (NECO) on Tuesday released the timetable and guidelines for the conduct of its 2020 examinations for Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination for students...Tue Aug 11th, 2020 Read More → |
Again, court cautions EFCC against breeching provisions of law in Adoke’s trialGavel PHOTO: Twitter Shutterstock The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, cautioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against an act contrary to the provisions of the...Tue Aug 11th, 2020 Read More → |
Driver in court for allegedly assaulting, biting FRSC officialFRSC PHOTO: Twitter A 40-year-old driver, Felix Ibe, on Tuesday appeared in a Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly assaulting and biting a Federal Road Safety Corps (...Tue Aug 11th, 2020 Read More → |
INEC heads to Supreme Court over conflicting court orders on deregistered partiesThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has concluded plans to approach the Supreme Court over a Court of Appeal judgment reinstating 23 deregistered political parties in Nigeria. A...Tue Aug 11th, 2020 Read More → |
COVID-19: FG approves last evacuation flight from U.S.Returnees from the UK departed Gatwick Airport, London to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja today, August 9, 2020 at 11.15 am aboard PHOTO: Twitter The Federal Government has approved...Tue Aug 11th, 2020 Read More → |
NIS boss orders prosecution of man with multiple standard passportsComptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Mr Muhammad Babandede PHOTO: Twitter The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Mr Muhammad Babandede, has ordered the...Tue Aug 11th, 2020 Read More → |
