PIB: Senate begins a 2-day public hearing
The Senate on Monday commenced a two-day public hearing on the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB. The PIB has lingered in the National Assembly for nearly twenty years with previous assemblies…
COVID-19: Court orders evacuation of El-Zakzaky’s Wife to treatment centre over positive status
A Kaduna State High court presided over by Justice Gideon Kurada has ordered the Nigerian Correctional Service to evacuate the wife of the embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in…
Federal High Court activities paralysed over judge’s death
Activities at the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, was on Monday, paralysed over the death of Justice Ibrahim Watila of the Abeokuta Division in Ogun. The news of Watila’s death…
El-Zakzaky, Wife Absent As Trial Resumes In Kaduna
The embattled leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat are absent as their trial resumed on Monday at the Kaduna State High…
Oyo Tension: We must not beat drums of war with our utterances – Owoseni cautions
The special adviser to Oyo State governor on Security Matters, Fatai Owoseni, has appealed to residents and Nigerians generally to be cautious in their speech and not beat drums of…
Broadband: Nigeria’s Fibre Optic Transmission cables expanded from 47,000km to 54,725km in 5years – NCC
These were parts of industry growth data reeled out by the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta at a briefing for the new Permanent Secretary of the Federal…
FG executing 43 road projects within tertiary institutions across the country – Fashola
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, has stated that his ministry was currently executing 43 road projects within tertiary institutions across the country with a view to…
NAFDAC DG urges MSMEs to take advantage of the AfCFTA to expand market frontiers
Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, Director General, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says Nigeria’s participation in the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) will usher in…
Ignore fake news, no date has been fixed for resumption of CVR – INEC tells Nigerians
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Nigerians to ignore fake news making the rounds that it would resume its Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) on Monday. The commission, in…
COVID-19: Community health workers must be better supported in 2021, the Year of the Healthcare Worker – global health technology experts
Frontline health workers, who are to be honoured during the World Health Organization’s international Year of the Healthcare Worker in 2021, must be better supported in their vital role to…