archiveFebruary 18, 2019

  Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was bearish on Monday as investors lose N196 billion on the trading day. The market capitalisation shed N196 billion or 1.61 per cent to close at N12.004 trillion against N12.200 trillion on Friday even as the All-Share Index which opened at...

Activist-lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has said there is no legal basis to restrict movement during elections. He said, citing a Federal High Court judgment, which nullified the restriction of movement during environmental sanitation, saying the verdict’s principles ought to apply during elections. Adegboruwa recalled the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed...

  Nigerian carriers, Aero Contractors and Arik Air, have introduced promo fares to help Nigerians who wish to travel to go and vote during the 2019 General Elections. The airlines made the announcement in separate statements issued by their spokespersons on Monday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

President Muhammadu Buhari courted controversy on Monday afternoon when he threatened that anyone engaged in ballot box snatching or other forms of electoral violence would do so “at the expense of his own life.” The President said at the caucus meeting of the All Progressives Congress that he had given...

  INEC has to explain reasons for postponement President Mohhamadu Buhari has said that he was not afraid to lose the presidential election rescheduled for Saturday, February 23, 2019. Buhari spoke at a national caucus meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) held on Monday at the party’s headquarters...

  Rejects Buhari’s directives to INEC to reshuffle RECs The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted Nigerians that the Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) plot to trigger widespread political crisis to derail the nation’s democratic process and plunge the country into anarchy. The PDP said President Muhammadu...

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), disbursed the sum of N270.17 billion to the Federal Government in January, 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed. The NBS said this in FAAC January, 2019 Disbursement statistics posted on its website. According to the bureau, the states received a total...

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has directed its members nationwide to crash the pump price of petrol from N145 to N140/litre with effect from Wednesday, February 20 to Saturday, February 22, being the eve of the presidential election. The move is to ameliorate the suffering of Nigerians...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has insisted that the use of electronic devices by candidates during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) remained prohibited. The agency said electronic devices like mobile phones, calculators, wristwatches and recorders won’t be allowed into any of its centres by candidates during this...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that anyone who attempts to snatch ballot box during election will do so at the expense of his live. “I want to warn anyone who thinks he has enough influence in his locality who tries to lead thugs to snatch ballot boxes or disturb...