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Lagos Set to Host Writers’ Conference in 2018

Lagos State is set to host one of the biggest writers’ conferences in the country next year under the auspices of Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA). Writers conference, amongst other things, aims...

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Government Plans To Sell TBS, National Theatre, Others

The Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, alongside the National Theatre and some power plants under National Integrated Power Plants are among the key national assets Federal Government has concluded plans to...

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Lagos Set to Upgrade, Rehabilitate Ladipo Link Roads

Residents and motorists that frequent the popular Ladipo spare parts market can finally heave a sigh of relief, as Lagos State Government has announced that it would begin an extensive rehabilitation...

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#EndSARS Campaign: Drama as Tweetizens Call For Scrapping of SARS

The Nigerian Police Force Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit on 2nd December 2017, opened complain channels for the general public to make complaints about issues concerning the Special Anti- Robbery...

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SSANU,NASU,NAAT resume Indefinite Strike

Academic activities at universities have been suspended as the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and National Association of Academic...

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Fuel Queues returns in Nigeria

For decades, the festive month of December has gained notoriety for sporting long queues at fuel stations due to acute shortage of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly called petroleum. This situation...

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Dangote Crashes Cement Online Sales Price

In a move that will raise the stakes in the rapidly evolving Nigerian cement market, leading cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement Plc has announced its partnership with a foremost leading online...

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Dangote Emerges as the Only African in Bloomberg’s 50 World Best

Bloomberg, a global information and technology company that connects decision-makers to a dynamic network of data, people and ideas – “accurately delivering business and financial information, news and...

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NITDA Frowns At Poor Utilization Of Data Centers

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is invoking rules and regulations on hosting government’s data, as it has successfully drawn up relevant sections of guidelines,...

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NERC Assesses Penalty For Electric Theft

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has strongly come up with revised penalties for electricity customers who are involved in unauthorized supply by either tampering or meter bypass...

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Governor Amosun urges Corps Members to Ensure a Positive Impact

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, on Monday, called on NYSC members to ensure a positive impact in their host communities. The Governor made the call in Sagamu on Monday at the closing ceremony...

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OLX Wins Two Awards at the Nigerian Technology Award

OLX Nigeria bags two awards at the Nigerian Information Technology Award (NITA), which was held in Lagos recently. The leading online classified site added two new awards to its rack as ‘Classified Ad...

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Check Out the Top Google Searches of 2017

The Google Year in Search data reveals top searches done on the Google Search Engine from around the world. According to Google, 2017 is the year people asked ‘how’ more times than ever. Some of the...

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Court Declares “State of Osun” Illegal

An Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa has ruled that the renaming of Osun State as “State of Osun” by Governor Rauf Aregbesola was illegal; and therefore, null and void. When Nigerian constitution...

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ARCON tells NYSC to Post Architecture Graduates to Firms not Schools

To ensure that qualified architects are exposed to the construction industry, the Architectural Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), which was set up in 1969 in order  to regulate the training and...

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Vice President, Osinbajo Reveals His Salary

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo stated that he is aware that remunerations were generally poor in the country, that of course, includes his own and that of the President. He disclosed that he and...

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Federal Government Declares Public Holidays

The Federal Government has declared three days as public holidays to celebrate the Christmas season and the New Year.  It announced that the 25th of December, which marks Christmas Day, 26th December...

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Aiteo CAF Awards: Aiteo Has Set A Standard

It is definitely the beginning of new things, and just maybe a new description of the word ‘excellence’ should be ‘Aiteo Standard’. The just-concluded Aiteo CAF Awards is proof of this. There has never...

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JAMB Announces Dates for 2018 UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced on Tuesday, the dates for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Registrar of the Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede,...

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Federal Government To Tackle Dumping of Refuse

The Federal Government has engaged in an agreement with King& Spalding, LLP Geneva, Switzerland, a law firm to provide legal services for Nigeria’s trade remedy legislation as a key element of...

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