Odion Ighalo told ESPN he would like to stay at Manchester United beyond the end of the month and revealed he would also be interested in a move to Major League Soccer. Ighalo’s loan from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua is set to end on Jan. 31 after a year at Old Trafford. The Nigerian is […]Read More
COVID-19: NCDC reports more deaths, 1398 new infections in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 1,398 new COVID-19 infections in the country. The health agency disclosed this via its verified Twitter account on Wednesday night. The centre also confirmed nine new deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the nation’s death toll to 1,382. It added that the new infections were […]Read More
Ogun Mourns as Billionaire Businessman Akin-Olugbade Dies of COVID-19
The Ogun State Government has described the death of billionaire businessman, Bolu Akin-Olugbade, as a major loss. Akin-Olugbade reportedly died of COVID-19 complications on Wednesday. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Public Communications, Remmy Hazzan, said, “He was an achiever per excellence. One of the foremost citizens of Owu kingdom which is the same […]Read More
₦40 Billion Allowance: ASUU Defends Sharing Formula, Varsity Workers Protest
While ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, in an interview the amount promised lecturers out the N40bn, non-academic unions described the Federal Government’s sharing formula as illogical and a divide and rule tactic. The unions spoke as protests by non-academic staff over the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System and the N40bn earned allowance rocked university […]Read More
Consumers under the aegis of the Association of Telephone, Cable TV and Internet Subscribers have called for the suspension of the National Identification Number enrolment due to COVID-19 risks. The National President, Sina Bilesanmi, in a statement issued on Monday, condemned the mistreatment of its members across Nigeria by the National Identity Management Commission and […]Read More
The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to alert the public about plans by some elements working with external forces to incite religious violence across the country. Targeted States include Sokoto, Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers, Oyo, Lagos and those in the South East. Part of the plans is to cause inter-religious conflicts as well as […]Read More
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE MOURNS FORMER COMMISSIONER.
The Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture today mourned the death of one of its former Commissioner, Chief Enock Kolapomoye Olorunfunwa Ajiboso, who died on Sunday at the age of 68. In a statement issued today in Lagos and signed by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, the Ministry says it received the news of the […]Read More
Lagos State Government has lauded farmers for their contributions, hard work and vigour in ensuring that the food supply chain was not broken especially during the COVID-19 lockdown. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya who gave the commendation at the December edition of the Eko City Farmers’ Fair and Farmers’ Appreciation Day held […]Read More
Nigerian trio of Stanley Didia, aka Omah Lay; Temilade Openyi, alias Ms Tems; and Muyiwa Awomiyi have been remanded in a prison in Uganda. Omah Lay was remanded at Kitalya prison and Ms Tems at Kigo prison. They were charged in a magistrate court in Makindye, Uganda, on Monday for “negligently doing acts likely to […]Read More
The House of Representatives, on Thursday, passed for second reading, the Finance Bill 2020. It is titled, ‘A Bill for an Act to Amend the Capital Gains Tax Act, Companies Income Tax Act, Personal Income Tax Act, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Establishment) Act, Customs and Excise Tariff, Etc. (Consolidated) Act, Value Added Tax Act, Federal […]Read More