archiveDecember 2018

A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Kano on Friday remanded Deji Adeyanju in prison until February 2019, after taking his plea and concluding that it lacked jurisdiction to hear murder charges against the political activist. The police arrested Mr Adeyanju on December 13, accusing him of being complicit in a murder...

The pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has denied endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari. The group also accused All Progressives Congress chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of being behind the “fake” endorsement of Buhari. A newspaper had reported on Friday that some Afenifere chieftains, led by Senator Ayo Fasanmi, endorsed Buhari at a gathering...

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) on Thursday withdrew State Insurance Producer (SIP), a new insurance distribution channel it newly evolved. The commission announced the withdrawal in a circular signed for the commissioner for insurance (CFI), Mohammed Kari, by the director, policy and regulation, Agboola Pius. The circular entitled, “Withdrawal Circular”...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will no longer use cyber cafes for registration of candidates, beginning from the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said this on Thursday on the sideline of a meeting with proprietors of Computer Based...

  Proceedings in the Nigerian equities market turned positive on Thursday as the benchmark index notched higher by 0.70 per cent to 30,822.33 points, following the late interest in DANGCEM. Against the foregoing, the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date losses tapered to 0.23% and 19.46%, respectively. On sectoral performance, losses in the...

2019 budget hopeless, says Saraki Senate President, Bukola Saraki has predicted that President Muhammadu Buhari will not attend the presidential debate billed to hold on January 19, 2019. The President of the Senate said this in Abuja on Thursday where the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP), Alhaji...

Oil prices fell more than four per cent on Thursday, hitting their lowest in more than a year on worries about oversupply and the outlook for energy demand as a U.S. interest rate rise knocked stock markets. Equities dropped worldwide after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised rates and maintained most...

  There’s nothing illegal about it –Keyamo   The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria and the Fertilisers Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria have donated N1.7bn towards the re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari. The farmers made the donation during a gala night organised by beneficiaries of the government’s Anchor...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said the revelation of furtive depletion and siphoning of $1.68 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA), further showed that President Muhammadu Buhari presides over a corrupt government that is bent on draining the treasury and foisting more suffering on the people. The party...

  The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, says she will drastically reduce unemployment in the country if she emerges president. Ezekwesile gave the assurance in a statement issued by her Hope’19 Campaign Organisation on Thursday in Lagos. Her assurance was in reaction...