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The immediate past Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Yetunde Onanuga has been praised for her high degree of dedication and commitment to the development of Ogun State as she turns 60.   At a ceremony held at Onanuga's Lagos residence on Friday, former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, described...
The Federal Government has banned Emirates Airlines from operating flights into Nigeria, in line with its aviation policy of reciprocity over the rejection of Nigerians by some countries due to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) regulations and protocols. This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on his Twitter...
By Wole Elegbede Health journalists in Africa have been given fecund avenue to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on their works at the 16th edition of the African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC2020) hosted by the Journalism Programme of the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. This year's conference (October 6-30) holds...
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government Saturday disclosed that it has named the operational hub of Itakpe-Warri Standard Gauge Rail Line located in Agbor, Delta State after former president Goodluck Jonathan. The 320-kilometre rail line connecting three states - Kogi, Edo, Delta including the station buildings would soon be commissioned. Though...
The President of the United States, Donald Trump and the First Lady, Melania Trump both tested Positive to the deadly coronavirus. In a Twitter post by POTUS tonight, he shared the information. The President twitted: "Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately....
The Federal Government of Nigeria has apologised for its directive that all account holders in the nation's financial institutions to register their details despite the Bank Verification Number (BVN) and the National Identification Number being held by many Nigerians. The Nigerian Federal Government had asked all account holders in banks,...
Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Monday decorated ten newly promoted senior police officers at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The decoration ceremony was coming on the heels of the recent promotion of 6,601 personnel of the Nigeria Police Force including one Deputy Inspector General, for Assistant Inspector Generals, three Commissioners...
The Nigerian Military have repelled an attack by Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa (ISWAP) terrorists. At about 11:30 pm on Monday, April 20, the terrorists launched an attack on Geidam town, the Headquarters of Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State but met a strong resistance from...
As a follow up to revelations that the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) had never received funding as contained in the 2004 National Assembly Acts, the Nigerian Senate has directed the Federal Government of Nigeria to ensure remittance of 1% from the federation account into the...
Some Secondary School teachers in Kwara State, under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS),say they are withdrawing their membership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) over difference in aspirations and employers. The pull out by the teachers was made known by the group’s chairman, Mallam...