archiveMay 14, 2019

  The Nigerian equities market dipped further as the benchmark index declined by 0.22 per cent to at 28,422.76 points on Tuesday , driven by sell-offs in NESTLE and FBNH. Thus, the Month-to-Date and the Year-to-Date losses increased to -2.53 per cent and -9.57 respectively. On sectoral performance, losses in...

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, has fixed May 22 to hear an application seeking an order to restrain Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) or any other Justice from swearing-in Muhammadu Buhari as president on May 29. Chief Ambrose Owuru, candidate of the Hope Democratic Party (HDP) and his...

  For the second year running, Sterling Bank Plc has supported iCreate Africa; a leading advocate of vocational skills development in Africa to host iCreate Skills Festival following its successful debut in Abuja last year. The event took a different turn this year and will see the team making stops...

  The Kaduna State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general election, Isah Ashiru, on Tuesday, filed an application before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, seeking for the recount of the votes cast during the March 9 poll. The incumbent Governor Nasir el-Rufai of the...

  The Defence Headquarters on Tuesday dissociated the Armed Forces of Nigeria from the circulation of document, calling for the overthrow of the democratically elected government led by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued by Navy Capt. Muhammed Wabi, Deputy Director of Defence Information, the DHQ accused a group,...

  Kingmakers in the Kano Emirate, have filed a case against the Governor of the state, Abdullahi Ganduje, for splitting the emirate. In the suit, with number K/197/2019 filed on Tuesday at a State High Court, Ganduje, the State House of Assembly, Attorney-General of the state and five others were...

  Recounts FG’s efforts in tackling grand corruption Next Level is to create environment for closer collaboration among government agencies, civil society & other stakeholders “And since 2015 much has been done in this battle against corruption. But we are not even slightly deluded into thinking that we have won...

  WhatsApp on Monday urged all of its 1.5 billion users to update their apps as an added precaution against hackers who remotely install surveillance software on phones and other devices. According to reports, the hackers were able to operate using a major vulnerability in the messaging app. WhatsApp, which...

  As she marks second birthday in captivity Nigerians from across the world took to social media on Tuesday to criticise the Federal Government for not doing enough to secure the release of Leah Sharibu, and as well to wish the abducted Dapchi schoolgirl, a happy 16th birthday. Sharibu who...

  By Abubakar Mahmoud Ahmed Over the past two weeks, I’ve attended every day of the court case brought by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-Related Offences Commission  (ICPC) against Pinnacle Communications Limited and the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Modibbo Kawu. From the beginning, I had very...