Nigerians will have to brace up for an increase in the price of petrol as the Federal Government has adjusted the price of the commodity. This is based on a new pricing template as the Pipeline and Product Marketing Company (PPMC) informed the public that government has raised the pump price of petrol to N151.56…
The Kano State Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Samuel Adeyemo, has called on philanthropic organisations and governments at all levels in the country to intensify efforts towards providing cheap and practical solutions to the continued inability of poor and vulnerable grassroots dwellers to access basic healthcare to meet common health challenges.…
Nigeria should not start celebrating a recent consistent decline in the number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country, the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19 has said, attributing the decline to the low number of samples collected from states. Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force…
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) said it has paid about N2.28 billion which is over $5.9 million as tuition and stipends owed stranded scholarship student in United Kingdom. In a statement released on Monday, the Director Corporate Affairs, Charles Obi Odili, disclosed that the commission has disbursed this payment to 197 beneficiaries of its…
In preparation of the resumption of tertiary schools from September, the Vice Chancellor of Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, has announced that students of the institution are to resume in batches. Prof. Fagbohun said this while speaking on a radio interview this morning, explaining that students in 400, 500 and 600 levels would…
Chairman, Aliko Dangote Foundation and Africa’s foremost philanthropist, has urged governments across Africa, the Federal Government of Nigeria, and state governments to increase their budget allocations to the healthcare sector, to help ensure improved basic healthcare for the people. Dangote, made this remarks at the formal certification of Wild Poliovirus Eradication in Africa during a…
The corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, UBA Foundation, has commenced the 2020 edition of its annual National Essay Competition in Nigeria with a call for entries. This year’s edition, which is the 10th since inception, has been modified to ensure ease of access and increased participation of senior…
The Lagos State Government has said it will embark on the removal of illegal slaughter slabs, as well as the monitoring of all veterinary premises across the state from 1st September 2020. This is to improve the sanitisation and reform of the red meat value chain. The State Acting Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya,…
Following recent harassment of its citizens in Ghana by the Ghanaian authorities, the Federal Government has disclosed that it will no longer tolerate such behaviour. The Federal Government is said to be urgently considering various options aimed at improving the situation. According to a statement released by Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture,…
Lagos state government has announced the reopening of tertiary schools on 14th September, 2020. Governor Bajidide Sanwo-Olu during the regular briefing on Covid-19 status also revealed that there are possible reopening of both primary and secondary schools from 21st September, 2020. According to Sanwo-Olu, “this decision is not cast in the stone and is subject…