Equities market notches up to start week bullish
EHIME ALEX, Lagos All-Share Index rose by 0.1 per cent to 25,327.13 points to open the week on a positive note, as buying interests in […]
Month: August 2020
Ogun trains public school heads on safe reopening
EHIME ALEX, Lagos About 4,000 public primary school head and assistant head teachers in Ogun State have undergone training on efficient and safe reopening of […]
Return of Baga IDPs to ancestral homes sacrosanct – Zulum
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Governor State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has on Monday constituted a 22-man committee comprising top government functionaries including Representatives of NA, NN, […]
Zulum’s one year performance comparable to governors’ 8 years in office – Fmr IGP
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Former Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has hailed Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s one year performance in office, comparing it […]
Contract breach judgment: Firm lists Nigeria’s 33 properties in UK to be sold
• We will pursue all remedies available – AGF About 33 properties belonging to Nigeria in the United Kingdom have been identified and listed for […]
NIMC transferred from Presidency to Communications Ministry
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the transfer of National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. The NIMC reports […]
Africa’s COVID-19 cases pass 1.24m as death toll nears 30,000
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Monday said that the number of positive COVID-19 cases across the African continent has […]
Buhari inaugurates APC tripartite consultative committee
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja said enhanced consultation within the governing political party, All Progressives Congress (APC), will strengthen […]
AMAA boss, Peace Anyiam Osigwe wins AMP’s presidency
▪︎Says new exco accepts responsibility and trust to lead AMP to new heights Film-maker and founder of the African Movie Academy Awards, AMAA, Peace Anyiam […]
Just before they hang the musician…
AUSTIN FAIR, Lagos The law is simply an ass, no doubt. But human beings made the law; signed the law and interpret the law. Not […]
COSON marks another ‘No Music Day’
AUSTIN FAIR, Lagos Although the year, 2020 left a lot of loopholes in all sectors of our life for obvious reasons – the Covid-19 emergence […]
Edo governorship: Flying the trite “APC’ll rig” kite
By SUFUYAN OJEIFO – Since Mr Charles Idahosa’s interview published on page 10 of New Telegraph of July 15, 2020, headlined: “Edo people’ll resist rigging […]
Oyeyemi issues travel advisory as FRSC begins nationwide ember months campaigns
EHIME ALEX, Lagos As the Federal Road Safety Corps begins its nationwide end of the year campaigns with the theme; ‘Drive Safe and Stay Safe’, […]
Orji Kalu, others commend Buhari over N10b renovation, re-opening of Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu
By BARBARA KALU – After many years of closure, the Federal Government on Sunday re-opened the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, runway to flight operations. […]
Southern Kaduna – Peace at last? By EMMANUEL YAWE
Last week a significant development took place in Southern Kaduna. But as has become our practice in the media – not only in Nigeria – […]
Nigeria records 138 new COVID-19 cases, total now 53,865
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 138 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the nation’s confirmed cases to 53,865. The NCDC made […]
Tinubu to AfDB Adesina: Re-election affirmation of Africa’s confidence in your ability, commitment
EHIME ALEX, Lagos All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has said the re-election of Dr Akinwunmi Adesina for another term of five years […]
SERAP sues Buhari over ‘failure to publish details of N800bn recovered loot’
OLA MODUPE, Lagos Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari over failure to “disclose information and documents relating […]
We’ll continue to prioritise education sector – Makinde
…as Ministries’ dedicate facilities named after Adeboye, Udom Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Sunday, said his administration would continue to prioritise education, noting […]
Stakeholders seek nation’s peacebuilding, security at 7th Lagos PR Stakeholders Conference
EHIME ALEX, Lagos As part of strategies to check the rate of insecurity in the country, stakeholders have canvassed for effective use of public relations […]