archiveMay 2019

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for Osun 2018 Governorship Election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, said he had instructed his counsels to challenge the appeal court judgement which upheld Governor Gboyega Oyetola’s election at the Supreme Court. Adeleke, in a statement made available to journalists in Osogbo, the state capital...

  Lagos is set to host the China Homelife exhibition at Eko Convention Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos on May, 16th to 18th, with 250 manufacturers exhibiting over 200,000 products. The exhibition will showcase products from various sectors including furniture, appliances, leather goods, cosmetic, sporting goods, Auto-parts, Electricals and Electronics, Agriculture...

The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), is set to unveil the findings of its nationwide survey on tax perception and drive government-citizen engagement for sustainable fiscal reforms through the launch of its Better Tax initiative. Better Tax, scheduled for launch in Lagos on May 15, is a product of the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the name of Godwin Emefiele to the National Assembly for reappointment as Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) President Buhari on Thursday forwarded the name in a letter, expected to be read on the floor of the...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday nullified the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke at the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. This is sequel to the appeal filed by the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, challenging the declaration of Adeleke as the duly elected governor by the...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that despite its policy to be transparent, some of the materials used in the election are sensitive and cannot be exposed. The Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja at the 2019 Press Freedom Award,...

  Signs bill caving out four new emirates Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday as signed into law the state Emir’s Appointment and Deposition Amendment Law, 2019, decentralising the powerful Kano Emirate Council by caving it into five emirates. The law effectively whittled down the influence of the Emir...

  More than a third of the arrests made over examination malpractice in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) was recorded in Bauchi State, a report by the Special Technical Task Team of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed. According to PREMIUM TIMES’ report monitored by...

The Nigerian equities market sustained its bearish run for the third consecutive day as the benchmark index declined by 0.45 per cent to 28,966.41 points, driven by sell-offs across large cap Banking and Industrial Goods stocks. Thus, the Month-to-Date and the Year-to-Date losses increased to -0.66 per cent and -7.84...

  says parties will get equally opportunity to present their case The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, said it would hear and determine petitions challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election, without fear or favour. The five-man tribunal which is headed by the President of the Court of...