By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of Chief Executive Officers (CEO) for the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC). Mr Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser, Information and Strategy, said in a statement on Friday, that he also appointedContinue Reading
By Angela Atabo/Emmanuel Olorniruha Senate President Godswill Akpabio and the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Matthew Kukah, have called on religious leaders to provide the necessary moral guidance for the sustenance of Nigeria’s democracy. They made the call at the National Peace Committee High Level Discourse on ReligionContinue Reading
By Oluwafunke Ishola, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The silence that surrounds Adamo village, Ikorodu, was disrupted by uproar from the street, making residents rush outside to behold Bolanle beating her husband. The couple’s quarrel isn’t strange to residents of the community, but witnessing Bolanle plummetContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Nigeria and South Africa have operationalised the Joint Ministerial Advisory Council on Industry, Trade, and Investment to enhance economic cooperation between the two leading African economies. President Cyril Ramaphosa said this at the Nigeria -South Africa Business Roundtable on Tuesday in Cape Town, South Africa. At theContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed South Africa’s interest in collaborating with Nigeria to harness lithium to drive the green energy transition and support the development of electric vehicles (EV) batteries. Ramaphosa said this on Tuesday in Cape Town, South Africa, at the Nigeria -South Africa Business Roundtable. Continue Reading
By Rukayat Adeyemi The Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC) has begun a three-day sensitisation programme for 7,457 employees across 20 local government areas in the state to facilitate seamless access to their pension benefits upon retirement. Mr Olabode Agoro, Head of Service (HoS) Lagos State, in an opening remark atContinue Reading
 By Lydia Ngwakwe Dr Mohammed Bulama, Director-General, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), has expressed gratitude for the public’s support and solidarity in the wake of the fire incident at its Lagos office. Bulama expressed his appreciation on Tuesday in Lagos after touring the building to assess theContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko Nigeria and South Africa have agreed to finalise the five-year-old Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Early Warning Mechanism, which monitors threats of violence, acts of criminality, and reprisals involving nationals of both countries. The decision was announced in a communiqué released at the end of the 11thContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko President Bola Tinubu has called for the Nigeria-South Africa strategic partnership to become a model of leadership, economic integration and shared prosperity for the African continent. Tinubu said this at the opening of the 11th Session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) on Tuesday in CapeContinue Reading
By Salif Atojoko The Nigerian government is seeking South Africa’s backing to attain full membership of the G20, BRICS and the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB). Nigeria is also seeking South Africa’s support to assume leadership roles in thematic discussions of interest under South Africa’s G20 presidency. TheseContinue Reading
