archiveAugust 2019

Mr Sunday Thomas, Deputy Commissioner for Insurance (Technical), National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), has said that the recapitalisation policy for the country’s insurance sector will enhance the emergence of stronger underwriting firms. Thomas made this known at a seminar organised by NAICOM for newsmen on Saturday in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. He...

  FC Barcelona and Argentina captain Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) following his claim the Copa America was corrupt. The 32-year-old forward was sent off during Argentina’s 2-1 third-place play-off defeat of Chile and he later said...

  Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, has added his voice to the list of Nigerians who have condemned the arrest of Omoyele Sowore by Operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS). Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC)...

  Global human rights organization, Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of Omoyele Sowore, African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the last election, and publisher of Sahara Reporters. Sowore was reportedly picked up by men of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the early hours of...

  MTN Nigeria has asked a Nigerian tax tribunal to rule on whether the company should pay corporate tax on a 330 billion naira ($1.1 billion) fine, a spokesman for the telecoms company said. MTN Nigeria, part of South Africa’s MTN Group, was originally fined 1.04 trillion naira for failing...

The Ogun State Police Command has released the names of five pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, kidnapped on Friday while they were on their way to the Redemption Camp to attend ministers’ conference. The police also said they had located the forest where the five abducted...

Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Friday announced plans by governors of the South West Zone to operate a joint security team to patrol the entire region. Abiodun disclosed this in Abeokuta at a sensitisation programme on the vision and focus of his administration held in preparation of the 2020...

The crucial market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday returned  to negative territory after a day growth, dropping by 0.43 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index dipped 118 points or 0.43 per cent to close at 27,630.46 against 27,748.46 achieved...

Bishop of Catholic Archdiocese of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah has said that Nigerians must rise above ethnic and religious differences to tackle insecurity challenges bedevilling the country. Kukah, who made the call on Friday noted that Nigeria was presently going through turbulent times characterised by banditry, kidnapping and herders/farmers’ clashes....

Five persons said to be pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) have been reportedly kidnapped. They were abducted along Sagamu-Benin-Ore Expressway on Thursday on their way to the church’s congress in Mowe, Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyeimi, told journalists on...