Month: February 2021

Nigerians Disappointed With Senate For Confirming Ex-Service Chiefs As Ambassadors – Wike

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says Nigerians are disappointed with the Senate for confirming Ex-Service Chiefs as ambassadors. The red chamber on Tuesday confirmed Abayomi Olonisakin, former chief of defence staff; Tukur Buratai, former chief of army staff; Ibok-Ete Ibas, former chief of naval staff, and Sadique Abubakar, former chief of air staff,…

Finishing 2020 Strong, United Capital Records Double Digit Growth with Profit Rising by 61%

Foremost Pan-African financial and investment services group, United Capital Plc has announced its audited results for the full year ended December 31, 2020, recording double-digit growth across all its major income lines. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the resultant challenging operating environment, the investment institution leveraged on increased efficiency to deliver an impressive 61 per…

Senate Confirms Bawa As EFCC Chairman

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Abdulrasheed Bawa as the substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The confirmation was done after a screening exercise that lasted for over two hours and presided over by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan. Bawa ushered into the hallowed Chamber at 11.45am by the Senior Special Assistant…

Ghana Receives 600,000 Doses Of Free WHO COVAX Vaccines

Ghana on Wednesday announced the arrival of the first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines from Covax, a global scheme to procure and distribute inoculations for free, as the world races to contain the pandemic. This was disclosed by World Health Organisation (WHO) Accra, Ghana via its Twitter handle.COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, abbreviated as COVAX, is a…

Lagos Seals Water Factories For Substandard Manufacturing Practices

  The Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LSWRC) has sealed some production factories engaged in packaged water production for falling short of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). Executive Secretary of LSWRC, Mrs. Funke Adepoju, in a statement issued on Tuesday, said the level of poor and unwholesome practices discovered in some water factories in the State…

Lifting 100 Million Out Of Poverty Isn’t By Accident, We Will Deliver On It – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians that the administration’s ambitious policy of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty did not come by accident or “something we just bumped into,” but a deliberate one that will be pursued with remarkable grit and determination. Speaking on Tuesday at a meeting with the Presidential Economic Advisory Council…

Lagos Commences Registration For Y2021 Universal Basic Education Tests

The Lagos State Examinations Board has commenced the registration for the Year 2021 Universal Basic Education by Continuous Assessment Scores (UBE by CAS) and Placement Test. A statement signed by the Director of the Examinations Board, Mr. Supo Gbadegesin, informed that the registration commenced from Monday, 15th February, 2021 and ends on Friday, 21st May,…

N700m Loot: EFCC Tenders Evidence against Yero, Former Kaduna Governor

The trial of a former governor of Kaduna State, Muktar Ramalan Yero, before Justice Z. B. Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna continued on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 with the tendering of evidence by the first prosecution witness (PW1), Jonah Abimaje. Yero is being prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Office of the…

90% of Criminalities in Nigeria Linked To Drug Abuse – Marwa

Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has said that 90% of criminalities in Nigeria is linked to drug abuse and as such the war against the menace of illicit drug trafficking, peddling and abuse is a fight to finish with him in the saddle of…