archiveOctober 2017

The member representing Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma Federal Constituency of Bayelsa state in the National Assembly, Hon. Douye Diri, has congratulated Nigerians on the occasion of 57th nation's independence. Diri in a statement on Sunday said the diversity of the nation should be a source of strength and unity and that it could...

Trading activities on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed in the negative territory as the market All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.14 per cent to close the week at 35,439.98 and N12.217 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other Indices finished lower during the week with the exception of NSE...

The management of Ecobank Nigeria Limited has announced the promotion of more than one thousand staff. This latest promotion exercise which affected about 30 per cent of core employees of the bank is said to be in line with its commitment to recognizing and rewarding excellence and exceptional performance. The...

Oyo State Government has ordered the immediate closure of Agodi Zoo over the killing of an attendant by one of the lions in the zoo. A statement by Mr Yinka Fatoki, Executive Secretary, Bureau of Investment Promotion (BIP) in Ibadan on Saturday said that the decision was to safeguard the...

The Presidency on Saturday released what it termed the 57 achievements of the Buhari-led administration. The release of the list of achievements coincides with the celebration of the country’s 57th independence anniversary. President Muhammadu Buhari came into office on May 29, 2015. The list, from an email address in the...

Finance minister Kemi Adeosun said on Thursday that Nigeria’s excess crude account stood at $2.310 billion as of Sept. 22, Reuters’ reports. The figure, given by Adeosun according to a government statement, fell from $2.453 billion on the same date last year. The figure was slightly lower despite a recovery...

A former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has revealed that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is in the United Kingdom. Kalu revealed this in an interview he grated Sunday Punch. In the interview in which he told Sunday Punch that Biafra...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has rejected the country’s current federal structure, noting that the present system “is not the best and may not guarantee the future our people desire”. He, therefore, asked the Federal Government “to take required steps to activate the process for the restructuring of the...