archiveSeptember 2019

Mr Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, has assured the Batch ‘B’ Stream II, Corps Members, currently serving in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), of improved welfare and health insurance package Dare said this in a statement signed by Mr Olatunji John, Public Relations Department of the ministry....

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari was not qualified to run for office. The spokesman of the group, Imo Ugochinyere, in a statement on Saturday, said this in reaction to comment by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that Buhari does...

    Party says stands firm with Makinde   The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oyo State chapter, has accused the state’s chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being desperate to blackmail the laudable achievements of the State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde and the ruling party in the state....

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the removal of the age limit for the position of IMF managing director, paving the way for Kristalina Georgieva to head the multilateral lender. Since 1951, the IMF’s bylaws had prohibited the appointment of a candidate aged 65 or over as managing...

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has appealed to Nigerians not to engage in reprisal attacks against South-Africans following the violence which trailed the wave of xenophobia in South Africa. Adeboye made the appeal in his sermon on Friday night at the...

The Kaduna State Police Command, says successful candidates for recruitment into the Nigerian Police Force will undergo medical screening between Sept. 9 and 14, at all zonal Police headquarters. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, in Kaduna. “The command wishes...

Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA), is optimistic that the meeting between Nigerian and South African Presidents in October, will bring lasting solutions to the recurrent xenophobia. The President of NICASA, Mr Ben Okoli, made this known in a telephone conversation with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from...

  A turnover of 1.101 billion shares worth N17.082 billion in 15,431 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in contrast to a total of 713.141 million shares valued at N13.295 billion that exchanged hands last week in 16,237 deals. The Financial...

As part of settling down to drive industry, trade and investment in Nigeria, the Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, Osita Aboloma Esq. has briefed the two Ministers of the Federal Ministry of Industry, trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo and Ambassador Maryam Katagum on the recent achievements and challenges...

The Nigeria Football Federation, (NFF), has announced that Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa will no longer be available for Tuesday next week  international friendly match against Ukraine. According to a statement issued on Friday by the NFF spokesperson, Ademola Olajire, Musa will miss Tuesday’s game in Dnipro due to injury....