The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria. In a press conference, Thursday morning, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye,Director-General of NAFDAC said the agency received the dossier of the vaccine from Serum Institute of India on February 10, 2021, and the NAFDAC Vaccine safety…
By Wole Arisekola The appointment of 40 year old Abdulrasheed Bawa by President Muhammadu Buhari as the head of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), no doubt ushers in a new dawn at the anti-graft agency that has over the years been riddled with leadership crisis since its establishment many years ago during the…
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, has awarded scholarships to successful candidates in the 2019 and 2020 University Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). This was done as part of its aspiration to encourage hardwork and excellence in academic pursuit. The 87 beneficiaries were drawn from the 36 states of the federation and…
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently declare a state of emergency over the prevalent insecurity in the country. The Senate who in strong terms condemned the kidnap of students and teachers of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State, by unidentified gunmen, further called on the President to “consider…
Worried by the incessant complaints by ordinary Nigerians over the unavoidable and periodic increase in the cost of electricity, Minister of Power, Mr Sale Mamman said the Federal Government had been subsidizing electricity supply in the Country to the tune of over fifty billion naira. Aaron Artimas, the Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the…
Few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari nominated Abdulrasheed Bawa on Tuesday for Senate confirmation as the next substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), news surfaced online that he was arrested and detained by the anti-graft agency in 2019 for selling at least 244 trucks worth between N20-30 million each to his…
Forbes celebrated Nigerian entrepreneur, Obinwanne Okeke popularly known as ‘Invictus Obi’ was on Tuesday in a Florida court sentenced to a 10-year jail term for computer and wire fraud. Invictus Obi was arrested in 2019 and formally pleaded guilty in June 2020 for charges relating to $11 million (N4.2 billion) computer-based fraud transacted between 2015…
President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the series of violence and disruption being experienced in parts of the country to a few people with resources and influence. The president, who said this on Tuesday during a meeting at the State House Abuja with a delegation of Borno/Yobe Elders Forum, assured Nigerians that the culprits will be…
Barcelona defence in tonight’s Champions League match against PSG has been given a big boost with the return of Gerard Pique after suffering knee ligament damage for three months. Ronald Koeman included the 34-year-old in his final squad for the Blaugrana’s first leg last-16 clash with PSG set to take place at the Camp Nou.…
The Lagos state government on Monday invited Alhaji Musiliu Ayinde Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo, leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the state and representative of the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) for a reconciliatory meeting. The meeting, presided by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Mr…