COVID-19: 731 Batch B NYSC members test positive – PTF
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has revealed that 731 members of Batch B National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) have tested positive for COVID-19. The chairman, PTF on COVID-19…
Electricity: NERC Denies 50% Hike in Tariff
Five days after the order was issued, there was an outcry over the adjustment by NERC following reports that consumers would pay about 100 per cent more. In a swift…
COVID-19: Nigeria in talks with China on vaccine, to celebrate 50 years of diplomatic ties- Onyeama
The Federal Government says it has opened talks with the Peoples Republic of China to have access to COVID-19 vaccines for Nigeria. Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffery Onyeama,…
ABCON tasks CBN on adoption of newer technologies, digitisation of Bureaux de Change sector
The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), on Tuesday, urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to continue to stabilise the foreign exchange rates for economic growth….
Herdsmen not under attack in South East, says MACBAN
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has said that Fulani herdsmen were neither under attack nor are they being forced to leave any part of the South-East,…
Budgets insufficient to meet the expectations of Nigerians – Akabueze
The Director-General of the Budget Office, Mr Ben Akabueze, has advised the government at the federal, state and local government levels to adequately address the needs of the people. Akabueze,…
Public health: Pharmacists Council seals 4,219 premises; 24 suspects arrested in 2020
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) sealed 4, 219 pharmaceutical premises and two open drug markets in 2020 in the spirit of sanitising pharmaceutical practice in order to protect the…
Sowore Arrives Court In Handcuffs
Omoyele Sowore has arrived at the Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja wearing handcuffs. The court presided over by Chief Magistrate Mabel Segun-Bello is expected to hear…
Three journalists jailed 37 years for criticising government
A court in Vietnam, on Tuesday, sentenced three freelance journalists, known for their criticism of the government, to between 11 and 15 years in prison. The sentencing came after the…
New US law tightens noose on Nigerian money launderers, others; stipulates 2 years jail
A major conduit for global money laundering and tax evasion has been blocked by a new law requiring disclosure of owners of US shell companies used to hide billions of…