archiveJune 2019

  The National Emergency Management Agency on Friday said a total of 14,036 Nigerians have voluntarily returned home under the Assisted Voluntary Returnees Programme which began in April 2017. The Nigerians, who were stranded in Libya, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ireland, France, Gambia, Austria, Poland, Morocco, and Liberia, were brought...

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, the audit company whose report the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) premised the suspension of top two executives of Oando Plc on has said it may be forced to release the detailed forensic audit report. In a reaction to the lingering face-off between the stock market...

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has threw more light on why President Muhammadu Buhari relieved its Group Managing Director, Dr. Maikanti Baru of the responsibility. The corporation in a statement that the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu, issued in Abuja on Friday said...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja met with a delegation of the Nigeria-France Investment. The meeting is aimed at strengthening the economic relationship between Nigeria and France. Speaking with State House correspondents, Mrs Modupe Irele, Nigeria’s Ambassador to France, said the forum was to...

  The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund), Suleiman Bogoro, has said that 94 per cent of Nigerian students attend public tertiary institutions. He said the majority of students in Nigerian universities, polytechnics and colleges of education are in public tertiary institutions. He attributed the large percentage to...

  The long bearish trend on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) seems to be moderating, as the crucial market indicators dropped marginally by 0.02 per cent on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as a result the All Share Index dropped 7.41 points or 0.02 per cent...

  By Idris Omolabake The story of the emergence of former Speaker Yakubu Dogara and his successor, Femi Gbajabiamila, will be incomplete without adequate mention of the exploits of Abdulmumuni Jibrin, an influential member of the House of Representatives from Kano State. Jibrin has succeeded in “installing” two different speakers...

  The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has warned government agencies from hosting public data on cybers and clouds outside Nigeria. In a statement signed by the agency’s director general, Isa Ibrahim, NITDA said though government data is substantially hosted locally, some agencies still host their data outside the...

  In view of the alarming use of popular agricultural pesticide, Sniper, in suicide cases in the country, the National Agency for Food Drug and Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has ordered agro-dealers to withdraw the product from open markets and supermarkets. The Director, Veterinary Medicine and Allied Products Directorate of...

  A drastic and dramatic overhaul of African football is expected to be announced on Thursday, the eve of the kickoff of the African Cup of Nations, in the wake of corruption scandals consuming the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The CAF executive committee took a stunning decision on Wednesday...