archiveJune 17, 2019

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Former Anambra Governor, Peter Obi, has commended the European Union Election Observer Mission over its report, saying that it captured the concerns of some Nigerians on the 2019 general elections. Obi, in a statement issued by his Media Office on Monday in Abuja, described the report as a `vindication of...

  The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and its Asset Management Company have reached advanced discussions to sell equity holding in Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI). The company said that IFC and the Asset Management Company (AMC) had entered into a share purchase agreement with Dutch investment firm, Arise BV for the...

  Former Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, died on Monday in a Cairo hospital after fainting during a session in court, judicial and security sources said. “He was speaking before the judge for 20 minutes then became very animated and fainted. He was quickly rushed to the hospital where he later...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised automatic employment to corps members who performed exceptionally well as ad hoc staff during the 2019 General Elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the promise on Monday in Abuja at the presentation of kits with laptops and phones by...

  The United States Mission in Nigeria Monday denied reports that the United States has placed a ban on student visa for Nigeria applicants. “Be advised, report of Student Visa ban for Nigerians is false,” US Mission in Nigeria tweeted. “If you have seen such manufactured item on Facebook and...

Airtel Africa Ltd, a unit of India’s Bharti Airtel Ltd, says it intends to list its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) at the same time as the London Stock Exchange (NSE). The company said on Monday that although the listing on the NSE was on, it had set...

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday said that results of the 2019 general elections were not transmitted electronically to its server, stressing that the Commission only experimented the technology during some staggered elections held in 2018. The Commission said that the clarification was necessary because...

  *Court fixes judgment for July 5 Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the four appeals filed by Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last...

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measured inflation increased to 11.40 per cent (year-on-year) in May from 11.37 per cent recorded in April. The NBS made this known in its “CPI and Inflation Report’’ for May released in Abuja on Monday on...