In preparation for Nigeria’s Diamond Jubilee, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday unveiled the logo that will be used in celebrating the Independence Anniversary. The unveiling of the logo took place at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, before the commencement of the virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. The event was witnessed by the Vice-President…
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday has declared its commitment to paying staff of all State – owned tertiary institutions the new minimum wage and consequential adjustments with effect from October 2020. This followed a meeting held with leaders of the staff unions in the institutions by officials of the state government to resolve the…
The Lagos Marina is set to regain its beauty and serenity, with the planned stoppage of barge operations along the coastline. The Federal Government, in conjunction with Lagos State Government, on Tuesday ordered the stoppage of all such operations, which have desecrated the once beautiful and peaceful Marina coastline. The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is…
The Lagos State Government has announced the frontrunners that will participate in the final hackathon design event slated for 16th – 18th September, 2020. The Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, will declare the overall winner from each competing entries in hardware and software categories at the Grand Finale scheduled to hold at the Eko…
Barely four days to the governorship election in Edo State, leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu, is in yet another tug of words with Governor Godwin Obaseki, who doubles as the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The APC chieftain had on Tuesday in a sponsored broadcast on TVC advised the…
The Federal Government on Monday announced that all airports in the country can now reopen for domestic flight operations. This announcement was made by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika in Abuja during briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. He, however, noted that operators flying into private-owned airports must know the status of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri zonal office, on Monday, September 14, 2020 re-arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil, a.k.a “Mama Boko Haram” before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on three fresh separate offences of fraud to the tune of N97,400,000.00 (Ninety-Seven Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira) only. Each…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has reassured the Edo eligible voters that their votes will count in the coming gubernatorial election on Saturday, September 19, 2020. The INEC Chairman gave the assurance on Monday during a stakeholders’ meeting in Benin City, the state capital, with the Inspector-General…
In the early hours of Monday, men suspected to be bandits/kidnappers attacked two bus-loads of Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) officials at Udege junction, along Mararaban-Udege between Adoka, Nasarawa State, killing two officials and abducting 10 others. Four of the officers were injured during the attack which occurred when the personnel were travelling from Sokoto and…
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has said the results of the just concluded West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be released within 45 days. This means the results is expected to be released before the end of October The exam which ended on Saturday, September 12, was reportedly written by a total…