BREAKING: NIGERIA’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISES TO 27.1%, SAYS NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics has finally released data on the nation’s unemployment rate after a 20-month interval, saying the unemployment rate rose to 27.1 per cent in the second…

46 MILLION NIGERIAN CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL, SAYS NITDA

The National Information Technology Development Agency on Thursday put the number of Nigerian children forced out of school as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic at 46 million. NITDA’s Director-General,…

MY THREE LAYERS OF PROTECTION DIDN’T STOP ME FROM CONTRACTING COVID-19 —ONYEAMA

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, says though he had “three layers of protection,” they did not stop him from contracting the COVID-19 global pandemic. He described how…

PSG SHOW INTEREST IN IGHALO

Paris Saint-Germain have registered their interest in Manchester United striker Odion Ighalo, according to reports. Ighalo returned to the Premier League from China when joining United on loan in January.…

ABIA GOV ORDERS PROBE OF ALLEGED MALTREATMENT OF WORKERS BY CHINESE FIRM

Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has ordered an investigation into the alleged maltreatment of workers by a Chinese firm, Inner Galaxy Group. The Internet went agog on Wednesday when a…

ZAMFARA APC FACTION REQUESTS CARETAKER LEADERSHIP

The Senator Kabiru Marafa-led faction of the Zamfara State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has urged the national leadership of the party to set up a caretaker committee to…

BREAKING: Gunmen kill Bauchi lawmaker, kidnap wives

A lawmaker in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Baraza, is dead, UGAMATV has learnt. It was gathered that Baraza was killed by gunmen on Thursday night at his residence…

FG PLANS MORE TRAINING FACILITIES FOR POLICE, OTHERS

THE President, Major General Muhammad Buhari (retd.), has pledged that his regime would boost internal security by establishing training facilities for the police and other security outfits in all the…

SECOND RECESSION IN FOUR YEARS LOOMS, SAYS FG

The Federal Government has said the likelihood of Nigeria sliding into another recession in the Third Quarter of 2020, making it the second time within four years. The government said…

BOKO HARAM GOVERNOR: DON’T SWEEP MAILAFIA’S ALLEGATIONS UNDER THE CARPET, ACF TELLS GOVT

The pan-northern socio-political organisation, the Arewa Consultative Forum,  on Thursday,  advised government  not to sweep recent allegations by a former Central Bank of Nigeria Deputy Governor,  Dr. Obadia Mailafia, under…