Author

Daily Tracker 4049 posts 0 comments

The Daily Tracker is the home of factual, informative and developmental journalism. We go beyond the regular to keep our readers well informed at all times. Our focus is on the people, institutions, the society and ideas. We aspire to provoke and inspire. Welcome to our World

News

Six held over #EndSARS protests freed by Abuja Court

Daily Tracker Nov 11, 2020

The six persons detained by the police over their alleged involvement in the #EndSARS protests were on Wednesday granted bail by a Chief Magistrate’s Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In a ruling by the court…

News

Second term bid: Imo lawmaker dumps APC, returns to PDP

Daily Tracker Nov 11, 2020

In what has been considered in some quarters as a smart move to retain his seat for a second term, a member of the Imo State House of Assembly, Paschal Okolie has returned to his original party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).…

News

We’ve no plans to stop pensions to ex-Govs, Deputy Govs says Okowa

Daily Tracker Nov 11, 2020

We’ve no plans to stop pensions to ex-Govs, Deputy Govs says Okowa Barely 24-hours after Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State gave an indication that the state will soon stop the payment of pension to past governors and deputy…

Education

UNILAG: Buhari reinstates Ogundipe, dissolves Babalakin’s Governing Council

Daily Tracker Nov 11, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the reinstatement of the embattled Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Toyin Ogundipe. The president noted that the removal of Prof. Ogundipe by the Dr Wale Babalakin-led…

Business

428 FG agencies won’t be able to pay salaries by end of November… DG Budget Office ‎

Daily Tracker Nov 11, 2020

About 428 agencies of the Federal Government will find it difficult to pay staff salaries by the end of November, according to Director-General of the Budget Office, Ben Akabueze.‎ Akabueze, raised the alarm when he appeared…

Business

NUPENG allays fears of fuel scarcity, says it won’t join PENGASSAN strike

Daily Tracker Nov 11, 2020

‎The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers on Tuesday said it would not join the strike embarked on by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria over the Integrated Payroll and Personnel…

Crime Watch

#EndSARS: About N5tn worth of assets lost to arson, looting by hoodlums ‎

Daily Tracker Nov 11, 2020

‎The Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association has said about N5tn was lost as a result of arson and looting that followed the recent #EndSARS protests across the country. President of NECA, Taiwo Adeniyi, said this at a…

Crime Watch

Zulum hails conviction of alleged Boko Haram financiers in UAE

Daily Tracker Nov 11, 2020

‎Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has hailed the conviction of six Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates for financing the Boko Haram sect. ‎‎ An Abu Dhabi appeal court had upheld conviction of some Nigerians for…

Education

ASUU directs members to boycott UI convocation‎

Daily Tracker Nov 11, 2020

‎The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan, on Tuesday advised its members to boycott the 2020 convocation and foundation-laying ceremonies of the university. The decision was informed by the ongoing strike…

News

US election: Pompeo promises ‘smooth transition to Trump’s second term’‎

Daily Tracker Nov 11, 2020

‎Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday promised the world a “smooth transition” after US elections but refused to recognize President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, saying Donald Trump will remain in power. “There will be a…

Older Posts

Newer Posts