CBN procedures creating bottlenecks for exports – Exporters

The pre-export requirements recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria is currently frustrating the export of goods from Nigeria to other nations, exporters declared on Wednesday. Speaking under the…

This is why Elon Musk is very rich

There is nothing that has not been said about Elon Musk, especially now that he made it to the top of the list of the world’s richest. Many unsavory epitaphs…

PTF, ministry trade blame as UNICEF faults school closure

The decision on whether to reopen schools by January 18, 2021 as earlier announced or further extend the closure will be solely taken by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19,…

#EndSARS: Court stops suit against Sam Adeyemi, Davido, others

A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory has ordered a Magistrate, Omolola Akindele, to immediately halt proceedings and stay action in a criminal complaint filed by one Kenechukwu Okeke,…

Mass school closure unconstitutional, counter-productive – Afe Babalola

LEGAL luminary and the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, on Wednesday condemned the mass closure of schools by the Federal Government over the COVID-19 second…

National Assembly proposes N10bn as presidential candidate’s election spending

The Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committees on the Independent National Electoral Commission and Electoral Matters, has proposed an extension to the tenure of Local Government Chairmen, in the…

Rivers undergraduate gets scholarship, N200,000 for returning lecturer’s lost phone

A 100-level undergraduate of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Rivers State, Ami Ugochukwu, has been awarded a four-year comprehensive scholarship, N200,000 upkeep allowance and an award of excellence…

Osinbajo, Kyari, others meet oil majors over PIB

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday met with some stakeholders in the oil and gas industry in continuation of the Federal Government’s consultations ahead of the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill currently…

NIMC workers cry for help as cultists raid Rivers applicants

The ongoing National Identity Number registration at the National Identity Management Commission’s office in River State was disrupted on Tuesday as some gunmen stormed the commission’s premises in Port Harcourt.…

NECO releases results, 233,000 candidates to retake missed subjects

THE National Examination Council on Wednesday announced the release of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (internal) results. But a total of 233,000 candidates, who were prevented from taking the…