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The Nigerian Government on Thursday shifted the resumption date of international flights in the country to September 5, 2020, from the earlier planned date of August 29, 2020.   At Thursday’s briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, Director-General, Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Musa Nuhu, declared that international flights would not resume […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has relieved Prof Charles Dokubo of his post as the Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme in the Niger Delta.   Buhari also appointed Col. Milland Dikio (rtd.), as interim administrator of the programme.    Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, announced this on Thursday in a statement […]

Akinwumi Adesina was on Thursday re-elected President of the African Development Bank for the second term of five years.   This comes at the end of a long battle for Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture, who was first elected to the post in 2015.   The election was done electronically at AfDB’s virtual annual general […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an end to the practice of estimated billing for electricity consumption in the country through which the power provider rips off consumers.   He has also directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, to commence an immediate direct mass metering of consumers, the regulator said in a tweet.   “In addition, […]

Amid the worsening poverty, widening inequality, widespread insecurity and jaw-dropping revelations of monumental corruption oozing out of the NDDC, it was obvious President Muhammadu Buhari wanted to reassure Nigerians with a seeming resolve to genuinely address the life and death challenges facing the country. Buhari, while receiving letters of credence from envoys of eight countries […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Executive Officers for nine of the agencies under the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.   According to the approval letter, which was conveyed to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, Chief of Staff to the President, on Tuesday, […]

The Federal Government on Wednesday announced the approval of the N10billion lifeline for transport workers and operators in the country.   Minister of State for Transportation, Gbemisola Saraki, who announced the fund, said it would help operators and workers in the transport sector cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sector.   Saraki […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday proposed a 12-month period within which criminal cases should be completed in Nigeria.   Speaking at the 60th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, with the theme, “Stepping Forward,” the president described the administration of justice in the country as moving at a  “terribly slow pace”.   He […]

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Bankers’ Committee have agreed to extend lifelines to the Nigerian Aviation and media sectors, to help them overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, governor of the CBN Godwin Emefiele, has said.   Speaking at the start of a meeting of chief executive officers of the […]

University of Lagos Governing Council on Tuesday confirmed Folasade Ogunsola as the acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution.   This makes her the first woman to occupy this position in the 58 years of the institution.   The Governing Council was led by newly appointed Chairman, John Momoh, who led a virtual meeting for the VC’s […]