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The President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government Monday demanded for justice over the mysterious killings of Nigerian students in Northern Cyprus universities. Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this while speaking on the sudden and mysterious death of a 25-year old Nigerian student in Northern Cyprus,...
President Muham Buhari has approved the appointment of the President of University of Lagos Alumni Association Worldwide, John Momoh, as the Chairman of the university's Interim Governing Council. https://echotitbits.com/unilag-senate-votes-folashade-ogunsola-as-new-acting-vice-chancellor/ Momoh, who is Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Channels TV, would among other roles along with council members, ratify the election of the...
As tensions soar between Chinese and US, world’s two biggest economies, video app TikTok on Monday said it has filed a lawsuit to challenge the crackdown on the popular Chinese-owned platform. Accusing it of being a national threat, the Donald Trump-led American government had said it will ban Tik Tok. On...
The Senate of University of Lagos Monday voted Prof. Folashade Ogunsola of the College of Medicine and current Deputy Vice Chancellor, Development Services, as the new Acting Vice Chancellor of the university. The now-dissolved university's Governing Council led by Wale Babalakin had sacked the former Vice Chancellor, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, in...
Incumbent President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, is set to be re-elected for the second term in office as the multilateral development institution, for the first time in the history, holds its Annual Meetings virtually to comply with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic-related social-distancing guidelines. Adesina is running...
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has tested positive to coronavirus. This was disclosed in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso in a statement on Monday morning. “Subsequent to close contact with persons feeling unwell and testing positive for the COVID-19 infection, the Honorable...
A Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) data has revealed that the naira has fallen by 108 per cent against the West African CFA (popularly known as CFA). As the West African CFA rallies to wipe out the hitherto wide trading gap between the two currencies, it gained 36 kobo from...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the first time last week sold the pound above N500, as naira continues to battle major headwinds. On Wednesday, the nation’s apex bank sold a pound for N501.98 and quoted N500.659 as its buying rate. At the parallel market, the currency is going for...
A former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, Sunday visited Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, saying the governor was the first person to show up whenever he was in need of friends and the whole world knows. The former Emir, who made this known when he paid a courtesy call...
Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has said all registered organisations, including religious bodies have been mandated to henceforth submit details of their finances to the agency. Private individuals and the Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN) had recently described CAMA as satanic, tasking President Muhammadu Buhari to halt the implementation of what...