News

Amidst growing concerns by Nigerians that the country may soon become indebted to China like other African countries, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has insisted that Nigeria is capable of repaying the Chinese loans. The Debt Management Office DMO had ...

National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) 48 hours within which to refund the N50 it charged candidates for checking their results. In a statement issued by its National Senate President, Abdulmajeed Oladimeji, ...

The Federal Government has concluded plans to execute contracts and agreements on flooding and erosion control entered into a national and international levels by the past administration. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, stated this at ...

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts (PAC) has charged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to recover N72.5 billion from corrupt officials of Federal Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). Chairman of the Committee, Kingsley Chinda, who ...

Headquarters of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Abuja came under heavy security of the Nigerian Police and Army, as workers boycotted planned picketing by the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The protest, which was to be led by President ...

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) yesterday picketed management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in Enugu and Lagos states over alleged anti-labour policies and activities capable of derailing its smooth operations. Members of the union, led by ...

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has paid a poignant tribute to the heroine Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, during an event at the prestigious Georgetown University in Washington, United States. The teenager was kidnapped on February 19, 2018 alongside her schoolmates ...

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, shrugged off protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which recently alleged attacks on its members, to inaugurate the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) amid tight security by operatives ...

Nigerian Society for Microbiology (NSM) has offered to assist government to reduce the increasing rate of questionable deaths among Nigerians often caused by preventable diseases. Speaking at the society’s South West Zonal third annual symposium themed ‘Harnessing Microbiology Potentials for ...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned a former Executive Chairman of the Benue State Primary Education Board, Augustine Laha Dzever, for alleged transfer of N140.9m to another account. Spokesman of the Commission, Rasheedat Okoduwa, ...