Nigeria has opened a new office in Cairo to provide visa application, passport, Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) and National Identity Number (NIN) services in Egypt. Mr Abdul-Razaq Musa, the Executive Assistant to the President of the Nigeria-Egypt Cultural and Socio-Economic Forum (NESCEF), made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in […]
By Our Correspondent The Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Dr Kadri Hamzat, on Sunday said that the state government has placed a high premium on the security of lives and properties. Hamzat made the remarks said in his keynote address at a symposium organised by the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) Lagos State […]
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday in Abuja, presented the 2023 budget proposal of N20.5 trillion to a joint session of the National Assembly (NASS). Buhari, accompanied by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and other members of the Federal Executive Council addressed the joint session of NASS at about 10.05 a.m. to unveil the 2023 fiscal year. […]
The governing council of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), has appointed Prof. Babatunde Kehinde as the new Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution. The University Head of Public Relations, Mr Kola Adepoju, confirmed the development to newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday. Adepoju, however, said that Kehinde, a Professor of Plant Breeding and Genetics, would […]
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) says its maiden conference on “Linking Tourism, Culture and the Creative Industries’’, holding in Lagos will open new vistas in global tourism. The Secretary-General of UNWTO, Mr Zurab Pololikashvili, stated this at the 65th meeting of the Organisation’s Regional Commission for Africa (CAF) in Arusha, Tanzania. The […]
The Centre for Research on Development of African Media, Governance and Society (CEREDEMS-Africa) and Positive Agenda Nigeria (PAN) report on the 2023 presidential election campaign monitoring has indicated that the talking points of political actors are still largely not issue-based. The organisations presented the summary of their findings at the weekly report discussion held online […]
By Our Correspondent Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says 394 candidates of different political parties are jostling for the 40 seats in the state’s House of Assembly. Recalls that governorship and houses of assembly elections were scheduled to hold across the country on March 11, […]
By Our Correspondent in Abuja The Federal Government has formally registered two new university-based unions – Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA). Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, announced this while presenting certificates of registration to the two new unions on Tuesday in Abuja. […]
By Our Correspondent Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Adeleke Mamora, (STI), on Tuesday, called for the sustainable implementation of Executive Order 5 with a view to fast-tracking the nation’s economic development. Mamora made the call at the inauguration of the National Dialogue on the Establishment and Implementation of the Technology and Innovation Centres […]
By Our Correspondent On Tuesday, a Lagos-based human rights campaigner, Mr Spurgeon Atatene described the Nigerian justice system as being faced with a myriad of problems, and consequently, called for an overhaul. Ataene told newsmen in Lagos that impunity and disrespect for the rule of law were primarily responsible for the decadence in the justice […]