archiveAugust 2017

Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, on Friday, visited President Muhammadu Buhari at Abuja House, London, where he expressed delight over the president’s rapid recovery. This is according to a press statement issued in Abuja on Friday by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President....

Investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday traded 515.48 million shares valued at N6.30 billion in 4,132 deals which is an improvement of 25.08 per cent on the 412.12 million shares worth N4.72 billion traded in 4,207 deals on Thursday. An analysis of the activity chart indicated Wapic...

The Senate has ordered the arrest of the chief executive officers of 30 companies for allegedly failing to appear before it, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The companies are alleged to have been involved in the N30 trillion-revenue believed to have been lost by the country in its maritime...

Leadership of Northern youths are currently holding a peace meeting with Igbos in Kano. According to Channels Television report, representatives of Igbos in all the Northern states as well as leaders and members of the Arewa Youth coalition are in attendance in the meeting. It would be recalled on Thursday...

Parents of participants at the 2017 Cowbell Football Academy (CFA), organised by Promasidor Nigeria Limited, have commended the company for sustaining the project, which helps to build children’s skills and motivates them towards the world’s most popular sport. Cowbell Football Academy, which is open to children between the ages of...

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) says it is collaborating with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as strategy to recover N4.6 billion from debtors across the country. The corporation said this in a statement issued after a meeting with the management of the EFCC on Thursday in...

Two sets of alternative financing agreements on Joint Venture (JV) projects to boost reserves and production in line with government's aspiration were executed in London on Monday," said a statement by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Abuja. "The two projects are expected to generate incremental revenues of about...

The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, on Friday charged telecom operators and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to stop call masking and investigate its origin. According to a statement issued in Abuja by the Deputy Director, Press in the Ministry, Mr Henshaw Ogbuke Shittu gave the advice at a...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, on Friday named new members of the State Executive Council. It would be recalled that he had about a month ago dissolved the State Executive Council. The appointment of the new commissioners was contained in a statement by Fayose’s Special Adviser on Public Communications...

Miss. Katherine Eta who was sponsored by Zenith Bank Plc emerged the third place winner in the keenly contested 2017 Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship (MOSWC) held in Disneyland, California, USA. The 16-year old SS3 student, of Childville School, Ogudu, Lagos, represented Nigeria in the annual competition which is a...