Day: March 19, 2023

The Lagos State Government has announced plans to harmonise and standardise the academic calendars of public and private schools in the state. The move, which is planned ahead of the 2023/2024 academic session, will ensure that schoolchildren have the minimum standard of learning days and hours. This was disclosed by the Director General, Office of

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has said the state government will give a befitting burial to a former deputy governor of the state, Bisi Egbeyemi, who died on Friday evening at age 79. Oyebanji  spoke during a condolence visit to the family of the deceased. The governor was in company of the Minister of Industry,

The incessant scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, vandalism of pipelines, oil theft and several other menaces in the oil and gas sector are due to the gross mismanagement of the industry by the Federal Government and politicians, the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise has said. CPPE described the management of

JOSEPHINE OGUNDEJI writes on the plight of traders who have been adversely affected due to the scarcity of the redesigned naira notes The shortage of the newly introduced N200, N500, and N1000 currency notes has left millions of Nigerians struggling to survive. The worst hit were petty traders, artisans and labourers, who relied heavily on

The Monetary Policy Committee is due to begin its two-day meeting on the economy on Monday (today) amid the economic crisis fuelled by the naira redesign policy and fuel scarcity. Analysts in the country have said the Central Bank of Nigeria and the MPC may not raise the lending rates at the end of the

A former governor of Enugu State and Senator representing Enugu East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani, has lost his bid to go back to the Senate. Nnamadi, who ran on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, polled 48,701, to be defeated by the candidate of the Labour Party, Kelvin Chukwu,

A friend called me from the United States of America immediately after Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was declared winner of the presidential election, to ask whether Nigerians are actually suffering economically the way it is being projected in the media. He was surprised that people could still vote for the All Progressive Congress at the highest

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has described Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State as a disgrace to the country. The governorship election was a three-horse race among incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress; Olajide Adediran of the Peoples Democratic Party,

Following another defeat to British Leon Edwards in the UFC 278 title fight, several fans have thrown their weight behind ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ to bounce back as soon as possible, The PUNCH reports. Edwards clung on to his welterweight title with a second successive win over Usman on Sunday morning at the 02 Arena in

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room on Sunday demanded an independent inquiry into the conduct of the general elections to address issues of procurement, logistics management, and abuse of the electoral process by the Independent National Electoral Commission and security officials. The civil society organisation said the inquiry would be needed to urgently identify challenges