The lawmaker representing Osun West district in the National Assembly, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has won the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The Chairman of the Election Committee and Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, Read more
The Central Bank of Nigeria today flagged off its intervention in the sale of foreign exchange in Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement (CNY), signalling the consummation of the Bilateral Currency Swap Agreement signed with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) on Read more
In fulfilment of its promise, the Buhari administration has concluded arrangements to deploy and formally engage 300,000 new beneficiaries in the second batch of its N-Power Volunteers Corp effective from August 1. With 200,000 beneficiaries currently benefitting from the programme, Read more
Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced the appointments of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Robert Zoellick to Twitter’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) as new independent directors, effective immediately. Marjorie Scardino will be stepping down from the Board for personal reasons at Read more
The Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday, received his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission. The National Commissioner in charge of Oyo, Ekiti and Osun states, Prince Adedeji Soyebi, presented the certificate to him at Read more
Hadi Sirika, minister of state for aviation, has unveiled the name and logo of the new national carrier, Nigeria Air. Speaking on Wednesday in London at the ongoing Farnborough International Airshow, Sirika said the government will not own more than Read more
The newly established Kwara State Health Insurance Agency says it will commence registration for the State Health Insurance Scheme in August. This follows the launching of the scheme by Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Thursday in Ilorin. Speaking during the launching Read more
The Nigerian Army said 23 of its soldiers and eight trucks are not missing, contrary to reports. Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu said the report was exaggerated , “untrue and misleading” and that the “Nigerian Army is Read more
The Osun State government has established a digital village and is set to train 1,000 youths on Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The digital village is named Osun Coding Academy and is aimed at making the state an Information Technology Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja, for the Netherlands. The President will be away to participate in activities to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at The Hague. His Read more