archiveSeptember 2019

  says I’m ready to assist, most autistic victims have high IQs   Although Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) refers to a broad range of conditions characterised by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication, many of its victims have normal to high Intelligent Quotients (IQs)...

  The  Lagos State House of Assembly (LAHA)has warned the members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state to desist from all forms of violence. LAHA said that the union risked being proscribed from operating in the state if its members persist in making trouble in...

  A 73-year-old woman in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has given birth to twin girls. Doctors delivered the twins, who were born following IVF treatment, on Thursday. “The mother and the babies are doing well,” Dr Uma Sankar, the woman’s doctor, told BBC Telugu. Mangayamma Yaramati said...

    Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has advised the Federal Government to give the 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria one billion Naira each from recovered loots for the purpose of job creating. He said this at the 20th Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture in Lagos, reports TheCable. Falana...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Government and people of Zimbabwe over the passing of the founding father and former President, Robert Mugabe, at 95. The President, according to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Friday, commiserated with...

The Federal Government has clarified that it is only recalling the country’s High Commissioner in South Africa for consultation, over the recent escalated xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in that country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, offered the explanation on Thursday on Channels Television’s live programme...

  The  Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) sustained bearish trend on Thursday, dropping further by 0.25 per cent as the market  All-Share Index shed 67.55 points or 0.25 per cent to close at 27,252.09 against 27,319.64 on Wednesday, amid profit taking by investors. Similarly, the market capitalisation lost N33 billion or...

    The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr Richard Adebayo, says Nigeria will revisit pending bilateral investment agreements with Brazil. Adebayo, in a statement signed by a Deputy Director in the ministry, Mr Ibrahim Haruna, on Thursday in Abuja, said that Nigeria had a long history of bilateral...

  Access Bank Plc on Thursday said it had splashed over N5.4 billion to more than 15,000 customers under the DiamondXtra initiative it introduced in 2008. The bank’s Head of Retail Banking, Mr Robert Giles, made the disclosure at the second Quarterly Draw DiamondXtra Season 11 cheques presentation in Lagos....

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday downgraded Oando Plc to low priced stock. The exchange said that Oando had been reclassified to low priced stock from medium priced stock, effective from Sept. 5. “This is in compliance to Rule 15.29: Pricing Methodology, Rulebook of The Exchange, 2015 (Dealing...