January 30, 2019

Transparency International Report on Corruption in Nigeria —- CISLAC

The 2018 Corruptions Perceptions Index (CPI) released globally by Transparency International today reveals that Nigeria has neither improved nor progressed in the perception of corruption in the public administration in 2018. The newly released index published in Nigeria exclusively by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Transparency International Chapter in Nigeria, reveals that Nigeria scored 27 out […]

January 30, 2019

Nigeria to Commence Repatriation of Refugees from Cameroon

The Honourable Minister of Interior Lt Gen (rtd) Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau has said that Nigeria is collaborating with UNHCR through the Technical Working Group to actualize the voluntary repatriation of the refugees in safety and dignity. Gen. Dambazau disclosed this during the opening ceremony of the Technical Session of the Second Regional Protection Dialogue on […]

January 29, 2019

Nigerian FinTech Awards 2019 to Reward Innovation, Call for Entries

Organiser of The Nigerian FinTech Awards,an integral part of the week long Lagos Fintech Week, will recognize and reward innovation in the use of information technology in the financial industry as well those who have contributed to its success. A statement signed by chairman of the organizing committee, Dr. Yele Okeremi, informed that there will be a total […]

January 29, 2019

New Hope with Ebola Drug Trial

By the time Kambale Kombi Vianey arrived at the Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in late November, he was at death’s door. In the week since falling ill, he’d initially been misdiagnosed with malaria and typhoid, and then a traditional healer told him he’d been poisoned. The […]

January 29, 2019

Turkish Airlines to Launch its First Flight to Mexico, Announces Additional New Destinations in 2019

Turkish Airlines, an airline flying to more countries and international destinations than any other airline in the world, has announced its more travel reach in 2019. Turkish Airline will launch its inaugural flight to Mexico on August 21, 2019 with a triangle route from Istanbul (IST) to Mexico City (MEX) and Cancun (CUN). The entire […]

January 28, 2019

Fresh One: Nigeria Insurance Plc. Unveiled In Lagos

A world Leading Insurers and Asset Managers, Allianz Group, has presented its local operating entity in Nigeria, Allianz Nigeria Insurance Plc. Allianz Nigeria Insurance Plc launch which marks the official entry of the global insurance giant, Allianz, into Nigeria market on January 25, 2019, is germane to the growth of the industry and the nation’s […]

January 28, 2019

Embrace Calculated Risks, Old Mutual Advises Nigerians

The Management of Old Mutual General Insurance Company, a subsidiary of the pan-African insurance giant and leading global financial services provider, Old Mutual Limited, has advised Nigerians to embrace insurance as a means of mitigating all form(s) of risks in their lives and businesses. In recent years, there has been an increase in incidents of […]

January 28, 2019

Onnoghen: Nigeria is now Full-blown Dictatorship under Buhari- — Speaker Dogara

With the unconstitutional suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) by President Muhammadu Buhari, the world has been served with notice that Nigeria is now a full-blown dictatorship. This did not come as a rude shock except to those that have been blind to the gradual but progressive erosion of democratic values in the […]

January 28, 2019

KNSG partners NGO’s to provide limbs to 190 amputies

Kano state government has provided artificial limbs to 190 people with amputated limbs free. The state Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje disclosed this while supervising the exercise, organized by Kano state government in collaboration with Tolaram Foundation and JIBWIS, at Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital, Giginyu in the state capital. The Governor was represented by […]

January 28, 2019

Botched Abortion : Chemist Remanded Over Murder

A Yaba Magistrates’ Court recently remanded a 34-year-old chemist, Augustine Udemba, for allegedly causing a woman’s death by giving her abortion drugs. Magistrate Oluwatoyin Oghere, ordered that Udemba be kept in Ikoyi Prison pending advice from the state director of Public Prosecutions. Udemba, a resident of Church Street, Badagry, Lagos, is facing a count charge […]