…To fast-track 10% contribution of mining sector to GDP The Federal Government of Nigeria has commended Heritage Bank for being part of a valuable private sector collaboration with Dukia Gold & Precious Metals Refining Co. Ltd, saying such partnership stands to create new opportunities for Nigeria to grow its potential reserves of 200 million ounces of gold. The Vice President, ... Read More »

A leading contestant for the October 10, 2020 governorship election in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), on Tuesday stormed the National Secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja, to obtain his nomination form ahead of July 22 primary election of the party. Jegede, a former attorney-general and commissioner for justice in the state, was accompanied to the Wadata ... Read More »

….The cases of COVID-19 have now risen to 13464 in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known in its regular updates via Twitter as 663 new cases were recorded today. From the Lagos and Ogun states, 170 and 108 cases were recorded respectively. Other states with the new figures include: Bauchi-69 Ebonyi-49 Edo-33 Rivers-30 FCT-26 Jigawa-26 Delta-20 ... Read More »

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite, will on Tuesday officially launch the commencement of the Dukia Gold & Precious Metals Raw Materials Buying Program of Nigeria’s first gold and precious metals refining company. The official launch will also witness the birth of Dukia–Heritage Bank Gold & Precious Metal Buying Centres, a project in ... Read More »

The NDDC had in a statement by its spokesperson, Charles Odili, alleged that Senator Nwaoboshi used 11 different companies as fronts to secure for himself N3.6bn in September 2016 as the commission also claimed that the contract was the biggest single case of looting of the commission’s resources. But Nwaoboshi in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja said the ... Read More »

Police in Abia State have saved a man from a lynch mob in Aba after he was reportedly seen with a dead baby. The suspect was said to be unable to explain how he ended up with the baby, neither could he provide any information on the mother’s whereabouts. It was gathered that the police team on patrol was  alerted ... Read More »

Nigeria has recorded 315 new cases of Coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced. NCDC, on its verified twitter handle on Monday night, said that Lagos State recorded 128 new cases, the Federal Capital Territory recorded 34 cases, Rivers State had 32 cases, Edo State recorded 28 cases, Oyo State recorded 22 cases, Kaduna State had 20 ... Read More »

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says candidates who participated in the just concluded 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now print their result notification slips. JAMB disclosed this in its weekly bulletin made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. The results which had earlier been made available to candidates can now be ... Read More »

The Lagos State Government has asked the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of virtual court hearings. Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and the National Assembly are the respondents in the suit. It said, among others, that divergent views on whether or not virtual court proceedings are lawful, is causing apprehension over proceedings already ... Read More »

Governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State have refused entreaties by some leaders in Abuja to step down for Deputy Governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi. Hon Ajayi is expected to resign this week and officially pitch tent with the PDP. His spokesman, Babatope Okeowo, said there was no constitutional provision his boss must resign to contest for any ... Read More »