Fashola advocates redesign of medical school infrastructure

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has advocated the redesigning and rehabilitation of medical school infrastructure in the country. Fashola said this while delivering a lecture, titled,…

NIN inclusion delaying commencement of UTME registration – JAMB

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has apologised for the delay in the commencement of its registration which it said was “speculated” to begin on Thursday. A statement issued on…

FG approves 20 private varsities, says existing 197 too small

THE Federal Government on Thursday said the 197 universities in Nigeria were too small given the country’s growing population which presently stood at over 200 million. The Minister of Education,…

FG meets resident doctors after eight-day strike today

The Federal Government and the National Association of Resident Doctors will on Friday (today) hold a meeting to address the ongoing strike embarked upon by the doctors. The Ministry of…

CBN freezes another 194 accounts of firms, BDCs, others

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Thursday said it got orders from the Federal High Court, Abuja division, to freeze 194 bank accounts belonging to firms and Bureaux de Change…

MTN partners fintechs as talks with banks lingers

 MTN has activated a number of new channel partnerships with fintech companies as the company continues meeting with the commercial banks on a new pricing structure agreement. MTN’s initial meeting…

Petrol price hike imminent as NNPC declares N120bn subsidy unsustainable

The Group General Manager, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari, on Thursday said the Federal Government subsidises Premium Motor Spirit with about N120bn ($263.25m) monthly. He said while the actual…

Marketers project petrol price reduction as oil falls

Brent, the oil against which Nigeria’s crude is priced, continued its fall in price on Thursday with oil marketers in the country projecting that such a persistent plunge in global…

PDP to reconcile south east members

The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it plans to organise a South West stakeholders meeting towards resolving the crisis in the zone, ahead of its…

Tinubu, patience Jonathan, osibanjo at Aisha Buhari’s book launch

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former first lady Dr. Patience Jonathan, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu are among the dignitaries honouring the First Lady, Aisha…