Sir Lucky Omoluwa: One year of absence, By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu
Exactly a year ago today, the 18th of February, 2020, Sir Lucky Babatunde Omoluwa, died. I was inside my PhD class at the Nigerian Defence […]
December
Facemasks vendors in Kaduna worry over decline in patronage
Most facemasks vendors in Kaduna metropolis have expressed worry on the decline in the patronage of the item, stressing that the dwindling in sales had […]
FRSC solicits support of traditional rulers on road safety in Anambra
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Command, on Friday urged traditional rulers to support its efforts to ensure the safety of people and […]
China’s new coastguard law stirs tension as Japan mulls response
Amid China’s growing belligerence in East and South China Sea following Beijing’s enactment of a new coastguard law, Japan is mulling an apt response […]
NUC approves Law, 13 additional programmes for Atiba University
The National Universities Commission has granted approval to Atiba University, Oyo for the establishment of a full time mode of Law programme and 13 others […]
BASUBEB trains 6,445 teachers on basic teaching skills – Official
The Bauchi State Universal Education Board (BASUBEB)said it conducted capacity building trainings for 6,445 teachers to inculcate in them basic teaching and learning skills […]
Sales rep in court for allegedly misappropriating employer’s N500,000
A 24-year-old sales representative, Sandra David, on Friday appeared in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly misappropriating N500, 000 belonging to her […]
Sino-Nigerian Relations: The next 50 years, By Issa Aremu
As a student of alternative Development paradigm in a unipolar world (following deafening collapse of the old USSR in 1989), China as a stable and […]
Finance Act 2020: NCC, sister agencies to strengthen collaboration with FIRS
L-R: Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami, Federal Inland Revenue Service and Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta during the interractive session. An inter-agency […]
£2.5bn Scam: Court admits more evidence against Petro Union Oil & Gas, others
The ongoing trial of Petro Union Oil and Gas Company Limited, Abayomi Kukoyi, Prince Kingsley Okpala, Prince Chidi Okpalaeze, and Prince Emmanuel Okpalaeze before Justice A.M. Liman of […]
Brief on Nigeria’s new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru
Major General Ibrahim Attahiru was born on 10 August 1966 in Doka, Kaduna North Local Government Area, Kaduna State. He is a graduate of the […]
Transparency in cash transfer schemes, By Peter Stanley
The National Cash Transfer Programme was introduced by the Federal Government in 2016 in partnership with the World Bank to fortify social safety nets and […]
Remembering Nigeria’s Journalism Pathfinder, Stanley Macebuh
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Dr. Stanley Nkwachikwelumamaya Macebuh was a rare breed in the freshest sense of the term, a charge of fine […]
Osinbajo says lifting 20m Nigerians out of poverty in 2 years within reach
Following the successful activation of the Economic Sustainability Plan’s (ESP) Cash Transfer scheme aimed at delivering financial support to at least 1 million urban-based households […]
Trans Atlantic Centre continues to set the pace, promises to get better
By Chimezie Godfrey The much awaited Annual Family Funfair and Friends Connect Day has come and gone with fun-fare and great expectations. The event which […]
Kaduna Govt rescues 160 Almajirai
Officials of the Kaduna State Government Task Force enforcing Covid-19 related regulations have rescued 160 children from locations that are neither authorised and licensed […]
CPI rises by 0.86% in December- NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate in Dec. 2020 rose by 0.86 per cent to 15.75 per cent […]
Security checklist, as Nigeria marks Armed forces Rememberance Day, By Presidency
January 15 every year is commemorated as Armed Forces Remembrance Day. As the milestone is marked this year, it also provides ample opportunity to […]
Tambuwal constitutes advisory C’ttee on upgrade of SSCOE to Varsity
Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has constituted a 17-man advisory committee on the upgrading of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), […]
Court adjourns Adoke’s trial till March 1
The money laundering trial of a former minister of justice and attorney general of the federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke could not go on today owing […]
FIRS creates new audit units against illicit financial flow
In a bid to stem illicit financial flow out of Nigeria and improve tax compliance rate in the country, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) […]
The return of illicit smuggling of foreign rice in Nigeria – Report
In an effort to tackle contraband foodstuff and spur domestic agricultural industry, the Nigerian Government may have gone tough on import restrictions, yet, massive smuggling […]
UPDATE: Military seizes over 350,000 litres of stolen crude in South-South, others.
By Chimezie Godfrey The Military has seized over 350,000 litres of stolen crude oil and immobilized several illegal refining sites in the South-South zone of […]
Issa Aremu: 60 hearty cheers to a global citizen!
By Abdulrazaq Magaji Growing up in his native Ilorin, capital of Kwara state in the late 60s and early 70s, Comrade (Alhaji) Issa Obalowu Aremu, […]
Tambuwal appoints Abubakar Muhammad as Head of Service
Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has appointed Mallam Abubakar Muhammad (mni) as the new Head of Service of Sokoto State. This follows the retirement […]