By James Ogunnaike Men of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police have arrested a 30-year old woman,  Risikatu Olabintan for allegedly throwing her one-day-old baby into a soak-away pit. According to a release by the image-maker of the State command,  Abimbola Oyeyemi,  the arrest of  Olabintan followed a distress call received by members…

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai Kaduna State’s Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai has appointed eight more aides including Ahmed Maiyaki, the spokesman of former Gov. Mukhtar Ramalan-Yero, A statement signed by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kaduna, said Maiyaki…

By Henry Ojelu It was a night of glitz and glamour last Friday as the 1980 graduating class of the Faculty of Law, University of Lagos honoured two of their outstanding members; Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba and Mrs Doyi  Rhodes-Vivour. While Justice Alogba was honoured for his recent appointment as Chief…

By Adeola Badru, Ibadan Graduates The Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan, in its desire to produce job creators as graduates has signed a collaborative degree programme agreement with Girne American University (GAU) in Cyprus. This is part of the university’s goal to internationalize its programmes and produce highly competent graduates who will create job opportunities instead…

The Federal government, States and Local government Councils on Wednesday shared a total of N702.058 billion to the three tiers of government for the month of October 2019. This was announced at the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting chaired by the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris. The N702.058 billion comprised revenue from…

ExxonMobil staff By Ediri Ejoh Chairman/ Managing Director of ExxonMobil in Nigeria, Mr. Paul McGrath, has stated that the Nigerian petroleum industry and the economy in general, remained an attractive destination for investment, irrespective of the signing of the amended Deep Offshore (and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract) Act into law. In a statement through…

Merkel Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday expressed her condolences to the family of Fritz von Weizsaecker, the son of a former German president after he was fatally stabbed while giving a medical lecture. “This is a terrible blow to the von Weizsaecker family, and the condolences of myself as chancellor and from the government as…

By Marie-Therese Nanlong, Jos Teacher   The Chairman of the Plateau State chapter of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, Mr Solomon Musa, has tasked members of his association to organise seminars for their teaching staff and provide them with relevant educational materials to enable them compete favourably with their contemporaries in…

By Ebunoluwa Sessou The wife of Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu- Akeredolu has decried the rate at which many Nigerian men abandon the responsibility of training children to their wives alone, and described childcare as a joint task in order to have a peaceful society. Mrs. Akeredolu who said this while declaring open the…

File: President Muhammadu Buhari signing the Assembly of the Union on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria while other officials witnessed the signing during the 12th Extra ordinary session and the First Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union at the Palais des Congres, Niamey, Niger…