Again, the Federal Government has postponed the launch of the Nigerian Students Loan Scheme. But this time, indefinitely, citing it was due to some corrections that were being made around the launch. Hopes were raised over the public launch of the Student Loan Scheme when on Sunday the President’s media aide, Anjuri Ngelale declared categorically…
Access Holdings Plc (the Holdco) has announced that Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede is returning as its Non-Executive Chairman. This decision was made after the untimely passing of the previous Group Chief Executive Officer, Herbert Wigwe. The announcement was made in a press release signed by Mr. Sunday Ekwochi, the company secretary, and titled “Access Holdings Plc Announces…
Cancer patients across the country may soon heave a sigh of relief as the House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to provide funding for the establishment of free cancer treatment centres across the country. This followed the adoption of a motion on matter of urgent importance on “The Need for free…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, on Wednesday, said the company has deactivated 6,465 illegal refineries. In the same vein, the GMD, exposed issues around the intractable crude oil theft, accusing everyone to be involved. “It is obvious that crude oil theft is almost an end-to-end issue…
Following a stormy session in the Senate on Tuesday over the claim of padding the 2024 budget by the Presidency, the Senate has suspended Senator Abdul Ningi. Ningi, from Bauchi Central Senatorial District, weekend made allegations of N3.7trn padding of the 2024 Budget, while speaking to the BBC. Senate President Godswill Akpabio Akpabio, who described…
Musa Garba,17, had to slither on the ground like a snake to avoid being detected by his kidnappers as he made his escape through the bush of northern Nigeria. Earlier, camouflaged by his school uniform, the teenager had managed to hide in a heap of cut grass as the group of schoolchildren he was abducted…
A study has shown that Covid-19 caused the average life expectancy of people worldwide to fall by 1.6 years during the first two years of the pandemic. This is a more dramatic decline than previously thought, a study by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) said Tuesday. Covid was responsible for 15.9 million…
The ruling military government in Niger Republic is in serious talks with diverse interests over the state of the country’s politics, even as it emerged on Monday that the Junta has agreed to release the ousted president of the country, Mohamed Bazoum, and his wife, Khadija. The ousted president and his family have been in…
