archiveMay 4, 2018

The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), on Friday rebound by N40 billion after shedding N72 billion in three preceding days. The market capitalisation, which opened at N14.890 trillion, rose by N40 billion or 0.27 per cent to close at N14.930 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index improved by...

  The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson has again called on youths in the state to work with the Restoration Government of Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson to sustain the peace the state currently enjoys. He renewed the call in his office in Yenagoa when a group...

  “I want to deeply identify with our people in *Ajegunle area of Osogbo*, particularly whose shops were gutted by fire in the early hours of today. The leading contender for the post of governorship in Osun State in the coming governorship election in Osun State, on the platform of...

  The robbers, who hit five banks during the operation, killed no fewer than 17 persons, including nine policemen Photographs of four key members of the robbery gang that struck in Offa, Kwara State on April 5, 2018 have emerged. The robbers, who hit five banks during the operation, killed...

  “We will continue to expand social investment schemes as income increases” ”The difference between us and any previous government is that we are not going to steal the money. We spend the money on the people, that’s the difference. “We will continue to invest in states through the Social...

The US President Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has spent about $4.7billion in the past 14 years to fight HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. The Country Director, US Public Health Service, Mr. Mahesh Swaminathan, stated this on Thursday at a press conference attended by Nigerian officials on the forthcoming Nigeria Aids...

  The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has issued a sit-at-home order, to be carried out on 30 May, 2018, across the five states of the South-East geo-political zone in memory of those killed in the Nigerian Civil War. The announcement was made in a statement signed by Mr. Emma...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it spent a total of N100 million on the failed attempt to recall Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi-West Senatorial District in the National Assembly. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, revealed this while responding to questions posed to him at a press...

The Senator representing Kaduna Central at the National Assembly, Shehu Sani has told President Muhammadu Buhari that integrity alone cannot move Nigeria forward. Sani, who is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said the integrity of President Buhari, around which the party built its government, was not...

    The African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that Africa needs about $170 billion annually to meet its infrastructure requirement. Vincent Nmehielle, Secretary General of the bank, disclosed this at a media briefing to announce the bank’s annual meeting, on Thursday, in Abidjan. “In 2016, the bank approved 7.8...