archiveMay 13, 2019

  Gambia officials in Nigeria arrive for tutorials   A delegation from The Gambia Ministry of Finance and Economic Matters, the Central Bank of The Gambia and the country’s Accountant-General on Monday began a two-week strategic training in Abuja towards understudying the successful implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA)...

  The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said 524,315 applicants had successfully completed their application process in the ongoing recruitment exercise of 3,200 personnel by the service. The Public Relations Officer of the service, Mr Joseph Attah disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. NAN...

    *VP meets Gbagyi traditional & political leaders at Presidential Villa *Meeting with military authorities forthcoming   Federal Government is committed and will adopt all necessary measures that will lead to the amicable and just resolution of the land dispute between indigenous people of Abuja and the Nigerian Army,...

  The Naira on Monday remained stable at the parallel market in Lagos, exchanging at N359 to the dollar. The Pound Sterling and the Euro traded at N417 and N402, respectively. At the Bureau De Change (BDC) segment, the naira exchanged at N360 to the dollar, while the Pound Sterling...

  The District Head of Bebeji Local Government Area of the Kano State, Haruna Sanusi, on Monday resigned his appointment. His decision was in opposition to the installation of heads of new emirates by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and loyalty to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi. The traditional leader cited...

  Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Mrs Adebunmi Adekanye, has congratulated Master Ezeunala Ekene Franklin, an SS3 pupil of Meiran Community Secondary School, Meiran, for making the best score in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Franklin scored 347 in the examination. A breakdown of the result...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened for the week on Monday still on a bearish trend, amid sell pressure and delisting of Newrest ASL from the Official List. Specifically, the All-Share Index declined by 1.26 per cent or 363.37 points to close at 28,484.44 compared with 28,847.81 achieved on...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it remitted N5 billion to the federal government’s purse after the conduct of its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This is contained in the board’s weekly bulletin signed by the JAMB’s Head of Media and Information, Mr Fabian Benjamin, on Monday...

  Media and Publicity Department of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that they are unaware of the alleged sealing off of houses believed to belong to President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki. Acting Head, Media and Publicity of the commission, Mr Tony Orilade, told News...

  Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, said that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) has contributed up to 80 per cent of the successes recorded by the Nigeria Police Force. Adamu made the remark at the commencement of a three-day human rights training programme for officers of SARS in Benin,...