President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday declared that the Federal Government will henceforth, pay more attention to improving personnel and infrastructure of the nation’s universities to produce quality graduates. It assured that the government would give education a top priority in the country’s development goals. Buhari made the assertion when the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) […]

With the Christmas and New Year festivities over, things are gradually returning to the status quo in Lagos State, especially traffic and heaps of refuse, the two features that dot the Lagos landscape everywhere you turn. Shortly before the yuletide, the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) affirmed its readiness to meet the waste management needs […]

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday said that learning would be digitised at primary and junior schools in the state to make learning attractive. More than 2,000 teachers from all the 57 local councils are currently undergoing a two-week intensive training being held under the state government’s Eko Excel Initiative. The programme is a key […]

Management of Ekiti State University Ado Ekiti (EKSU) has reinstated 363 out of over 1,000 members of staff sacked in December last year. The workers were reinstated based on recommendations by the appeal panel set up by the university. The decision was ratified by the Governing Council of the university at its special meeting on […]

An Abuja High Court has sentenced the Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Olusegun Runsewe, to prison. Justice Jude Okeke made the order on Thursday while ruling on a motion drawn from a suit filed by Ummakalif Limited against Minister of the FCT, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), DG of NCAC, […]

Islamic State West African Province on Thursday claimed its fighters killed eight Nigerian soldiers in an attack in Borno State. The terror group said on ISIS propaganda arm Amaq that it also destroyed three army vehicles during the attack. Nigerian army authorities are yet to react to the attack. ISWAP claims came a day after […]

In recent months, ISWAP has ramped up attacks in the northeast, targeting security officials and abducting civilians at fake highway checkpoints. The decade-long conflict in remote northeastern Nigeria has claimed 36,000 lives and displaced around two million from their homes, according to the United Nations. The conflict has spilled into neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon, […]

The World Bank Group, yesterday, raised Nigeria’s growth expectations in 2020 to 2.1 per cent, describing it as an “edge up”, a development that confirms the country’s continued stay in sluggish economic path for another calendar year. It also warned that the macroeconomic framework is characterised by multiple exchange rates, foreign exchange restrictions, high persistent […]

Intense fighting between Nigeria’s army and jihadists over a key northeastern garrison town killed three soldiers and sparked a deadly blaze at a nearby displacement camp, witnesses and security sources said Wednesday. On Tuesday afternoon, dozens of fighters from the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP), aboard several trucks fitted with machine guns attacked Monguno, […]

Aliko Dangote said he will open an office in New York, United States, to help diversify his investments and avoid the risk of currency fluctuations in Nigeria. “In Africa, you know we have issues of devaluation, so we want to really preserve some of the family’s wealth,” Dangote told Bloomberg TV’s David Rubenstein Show. Africa’s […]

Cross River State Governor Benedict Ayade has signed the state’s 2020 budget of N1.1 trillion into law. Ayade, who signed the bill yesterday at the Governor’s Chamber, commended the House of Assembly for beating the deadline of passing the appropriation bill before December 31, 2019. The governor said the ‘Budget of Olimpotic Meristemasis’ would cover […]

Lagos State government has said that it is targeting about N73.86 billion monthly Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR) to finance its 2020 N1.169 trillion budget. The state’s Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Sam Egube, flanked by other commissioners, including that of Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, who stated this while providing detailed analysis of […]