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ECOWAS leaders who met in Niamey, Niger on Monday have given the military junta in Mali until Sept. 15 to name a transitional president and a prime minister, according to a statement read at the end of a summit on Monday.
The 15-nation bloc said the president and...
The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government has granted permission for the re-opening of basic and secondary schools, although with a note of caution to private proprietors and public administrators.
Sanwo-Olu, who stated this during a briefing on Saturday, ordered the resumption of all public and private schools from September...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is set to mark his 500 days in office.
To commemorate his 500 days in office, Sanwo-Olu would, on October 20, deliver a State of the State Address at a Press Conference at the Government Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja.
The governor is expected to use the...
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has appointed Mr. Olugbenga Anthony Olaleye as the new chairman for the State Internal Revenue Service, OGIRS.
A renowned accountant, auditor, mortgage banker and tax consultant, a statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Kunle Somorin, said the new OGIRS boss, comes to...
The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government Friday clarified various costs in managing different cases of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, re-admitting that the state government is spending between N100,000 and N1 million to manage infected people in isolation centres on daily basis.
In an attempt to offer "clarification and...
African Energy Chamber Wednesday announced the appointment of a seven-man member to its Investment Advisory Committee, the last body to serve on its Advisory Board for 2020 and 2021.
The chamber said the new Investment Committee would provide solutions towards financing Africa’s energy resurgence.
The members of the committee include: Global...
One person has been killed on Wednesday after South African police fired rubber bullets to disperse a group of student protesters, at Wits University in Johannesburg.
Spokeswoman for the Wits University, Shirona Patel told AFP that: "My understanding so far is that the protestors blocked a public road, the police...
Ogun State Government has charged the engineers saddled with the responsibility of monitoring ongoing projects of schools in the State to ensure that the contractors deliver a long lasting and quality work.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary and Secondary Education, Mrs. Ronke Soyombo made this charge Monday during...
With a provision of a $5 million institutional support grant by the African Development Bank Group, African Union Commission has launched the permanent secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to ensure the economic transformation of the continent.
AfCFTA permanent secretariat would be located in an ultra-modern office...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mota- Engil Group for the construction of $1.959billion dollars Kano-Maradi Standard Gauge Railway lines.
In a statement by Eric Ojiekwe, Director Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said the project...