Beyond the Headlines
The Federal Government has again suspended the implementation of the new electricity tariffs for one week . The government had earlier on September 28 postponed the take- off date of the tariffs by two weeks after it held a meeting with the organised labour, which was opposed to the hikes in petroleum and electricity prices […]
A guest who came for a wedding and the groom were crushed on Sunday by a truck in an accident on Ibrahim Taiwo Road , Ilorin, Kwara State . While the guest died , groom’ s legs were crush. It was gathered that the guest and the groom were on a motorcycle around 1pm when […]
A pregnant woman and two men have been arrested in Benin, Edo State , for alleged armed robbery. It was gathered that the gang’ s mode of operation involved the woman feigning labour pains along busy roads, while her accomplices would pounce on any would -be helper and rob them . The gang members were […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has described the directive stopping the salaries of university employees, who have not enrolled on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System , as blackmail to weaken workers and make them enroll on the platform . The Chairman of the University of Port Harcourt Branch of ASUU , Dr […]
Credit to the economy fell by N900 billion or 2.27 percent in August driven by slump in credit to the government during the month. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) disclosed this in its Depository Corporation Survey report for August. According to the CBN, credit to the domestic economy (Net Domestic Credit, NDC) fell by […]
By Abubakar D. Sani, Esq Once upon a time (Make that twice) In far away Ondo State Two leading lawyers Or, rather, Senior Advocates ‘Locked horns’ On a slightly less familiar turf: The Governorship contest of the State The stakes were high enough As, apart from the two men A former deputy to the incumbent […]
Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, says officials of the disbanded special anti-robbery squad (SARS) must be properly retrained before they are being redeployed to other units of the police force. Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police (IGP), had on Sunday dissolved the feared police unit after days of protests across the country. In a statement by Paul […]
The spokesman of the Eyitayo Jegede campaign organization, Gbenga Akinmoyo, stated that the team is waiting on God after his principal was defeated by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for the second time. “This project is a project that God has ordained. As it is so, we wait. So we wait on God,” Akinmoyo stated this during […]
Financial Services industry led the activity chart with 2.325 billion shares valued at N25.816 billion traded in 21,306 deals Trading activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange last week further extended weekly rally, highest in more than five years as the NSE All-Share Index and Market Capitalisation both appreciated by 5.30 per cent […]
A recent study says COVID-19 can remain infectious on surfaces such as banknotes, phone screens and stainless steel for as long as 28 days. Previous studies had put the survival rate of the virus on bank notes at four days; stainless steel at two to three days and seven days on the outside of surgical […]
