A total of 160,617 candidates have written the 2021 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, which took place on Thursday in 777 centres across the country. The examination which is aimed at preparing candidates for the actual UTME due to take place between June 19 and July 3, 2021 was administered by the Joint... Read More
•Governor Receives Visitation Panel Members Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has hailed the University of Lagos (UNILAG) for entrenching the culture of discipline and sustaining the school’s academic excellence. The Governor particularly praised the university management for the recent disciplinary action taken against two erring academic staff indicted in sex-for-mark scandal that rocked the... Read More
By Festus Fifen. Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja called for global support to develop the resources in the Niger Basin area, home to over 160 million people who depend on the River as a means of sustenance. According to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and publicity Mr.... Read More
By Festus Fifen. The Nigeria Defence Headquarters have dispel rumours making the rounds that the appointment of Major General Farouk Yahaya a course 37 officer as the new Chief of Army Staff COAS will lead to mass Retirement in the army. Briefing Newsmen in Abuja, The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko said... Read More
_____—————– As international groups are exploring ways to encourage the Nigeria’s present Vice President to contest the 2023 election with one of the Northern Governors and a highly respected member of the caretaker Committee, a national support group, The Progressive Consolidation Group PCG of governing party, All Progressives Congress APC, has called on a much... Read More
By Festus Fifen. The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday paraded 84 Notorious Criminal suspects arrested during different strategies police operations across the country between April and May 31st 2021 where sophisticated arms and ammunition were recovered. This is as a fallout of the ongoing implementation of a robust security action plan to protect citizens and... Read More
———————– The Senator representing Imo West senatorial district, Rochas Okorocha, has finally reacted publicly to the killing of the All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain Ahmed Gulak. Gulak, a former Political Adviser to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, was killed in Owerri, Imo State at the weekend. Gulak, who conducted the APC primary election in Imo State... Read More
By Ossom Raphael Abuja – The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) is soliciting the support of the Federal Capital Territory Administration in the realisation of landed properties of banks in-liquidation within the FCT to enable it pay depositors of affected closed banks. The Corporation had faced some bottlenecks in the full payment of trapped... Read More
The Director-General, Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), Mr. Babalola Obilana has disclosed that the State Government, under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has paid over N32,276,395,658.43 to 7,998 retirees in the past two years. Obilana spoke at the 85th Bond Presentation ceremony held recently at the LASPEC Hall, NECA House, Alausa, stating that the State... Read More
…Lagos State Is Very Important, Critical To Nigeria Economy – Reps Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged the Federal Government to provide adequate funding for the Lagos-Badagry Expressway, an international gateway to West African countries. He said Lagos State Government has taken a leap to start a 10-lanes highway on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway... Read More