Biden Touts United Front On Global Issues
President Biden embraced allies that his predecessor, Donald J. Trump disparaged, saying nations must join forces on the pandemic, global warming, free trade and the challenges of China and Russia. Biden, under pressure to address the global coronavirus vaccine shortage, announced on Thursday that the United States will buy 500 million doses of vaccine and […]
NYSC Won’t Be Scrapped – House Committee
The Chairman House Committee on Youth Development, Mr. Yemi Adaramodu, has given assurance that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme would not be scrapped. Adaramodu gave the assurance at the unveiling of nine books on NYSC and a maiden NYSC film to commemorate the 48th anniversary of the scheme in Abuja on Thursday. He […]
Lagos-Ibadan Rail Project Commissioned By PMB
President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned the Lagos-Ibadan railway project, characterizing it as another milestone in the revitalization of railway projects to boost economic activities in Nigeria. The president said that the project is part of the Lagos-Kano railway project, with the Abuja-Kaduna leg already operational. According to him, the railway project is receiving the attention […]
FG Declares Monday Public Holiday To Mark Democracy Day
The Federal Government has declared Monday, 14 June 2021 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day celebration. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated Nigerians on this occasion and urged all citizens to support the present administration in its efforts at […]
Nigerian govt. Dumps China Pursues $14.4 billion Rail Loan From Standard Chartered
The Nigerian government is dependent on Standard Chartered Plc for funding as it moves on with the purpose of developing two key rail lines in the country’s south, a divergence from its original resolve to source the loan from a syndicate of lenders based in China. It is now in the midst of negotiation with […]
Obasanjo- Nigeria Is Better Together, Opposes Secession
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday called on secessionist agitators to shelve the idea and work for the unity and oneness of the country. He said it is better for Nigeria to remain as one indivisible nation than for each tribe to go its separate ways. He spoke in Abeokuta at his investiture as a […]
Biden Opens Overseas Trip Declaring ‘United States Is Back’
President Joe Biden opened the first overseas trip of his term Wednesday with a declaration that “the United States is back” as he seeks to reassert the nation on the world stage and steady European allies deeply shaken by his predecessor. Biden has set the stakes for his eight-day trip in sweeping terms, believing the […]
Two Niger Bandits Suspected Drug Suppliers Nabbed By NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two suspected drug dealers, Martins Ejiofor, 31, and Bala Mohammed, 33, with 24.450 kilograms of assorted substances meant to be delivered to Gwada, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, where bandits from a neighboring forest buy illicit drugs. Gwada has one of the two functional markets […]
JAMB Considers Conducting The Second UTME This year – Registrar
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) considers conducting a second 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for candidates with genuine registration challenges. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed on Wednesday in Lagos while monitoring the profiling of candidates with 2021 UTME registration challenges. “So far, we have just 17, 758 candidates with […]
Retirees Are To Enroll Through PenCom’s New App To Receive Pension Benefits
A cumulative of 21,000 retirees who retired from the federal civil service in 2020 and 2021 are expected to be enrolled through a new enrollment application platform developed by the National Pension Commission (PenCom). The commissioner, technical, PenCom, Mr. Anyim Nyerere, who stated this at a workshop on online enrollment application organized by the regulator […]
