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Schools – The Nigerian Government has said secondary schools in the country will reopen on August 4, 2020, for students in graduating classes. The government disclosed this at the end of a virtual consultative meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education, commissioners for education of the 36 states, the Nigerian Union of Teachers, the proprietors […]
Akpabio – The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has linked some members of the National Assembly to some contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission, The PUNCH reports. Akpabio, however, did not state if the lawmakers were directly awarded the contracts or they nominated the projects under their Zonal Intervention Projects, also […]
NIS Recruitment – Victory came the way of Drexel Tech Nigeria Limited, penultimate week when the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, and presided over by Hon Justice Nnamdi O. Dimgba, delivered a landmark judgement. BACKGROUND On April 30, 2013, Drexel Tech Nigeria Limited, a legitimately incorporated company in Nigeria, with oversea affiliates, entered a […]
10-Year-Old Nigerian Tech Genius – The tech field yields a large portion of high-paying salary jobs with numerous career paths. However, marginalized communities are shut out of these job opportunities due to the lack of resources and access. One remarkable young Nigerian girl managed to defy the odds and was recently hired by a school […]
NDDC – The House of Representatives has given the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, a 48-hour ultimatum to publish the names of members of the 9th National Assembly who got 60 percent of contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, gave this directive while ruling on […]
COVID-19 – Nigeria may reopen its airports for international flights in, or before, October after being forced to shut as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, government officials said Tuesday. President Muhammad Buhari had in March ordered the suspension of international flights to curb the influx of imported cases of the virus in the country. […]
Keyamo – The two chambers of the National Assembly has said the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) will handle the recruitment of 774,000 Nigerians under a special works programme. They jointly took the same position following motions passed in both chambers. Moving a motion on the floor of the Senate, the Senator representing Ekiti Central, […]
Banks – The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has issued guidelines on the Global Standing Instruction, GSI, which enables banks to seize loan defaulters’ money in other banks. The apex bank said the GIS guideline, obtained, yesterday, was to enhance loan recovery in the banking sector. It said: “The GIS shall serve as the last […]
Akpabio – PDP – Peoples Democratic Party has asked Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, to probe Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, over allegations of gross corruption. The PDP in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, said Akpabio should step down following revelations by the sacked Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta […]
Nigeria’s stock market – The nation’s bourse resumed transactions for the week on Monday with a loss of N55 billion following sell pressure in some blue chips. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N12.679 trillion lost N55 billion to close at N12.624 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index (ASI) dipped 105.76 points or 0.44 per […]