archiveOctober 31, 2019

Human right lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr.Femi Falana has sued the Nigerian Army, its Chief of Army Staff and the Attorney-General of the Federation over the planned Operation Positive Identification (OPI) by the military. In the suit marked FHC/L/CS/1939/2019 which he filed at the Federal High...

  Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, I have great pleasure in welcoming you to this event which is 7th edition of the Nigerian Capital Market Information Security Forum (NCMISF) on behalf of our Chief Executive Officer, Oscar N. Onyema, OON who has asked me to represent him. As we hope...

  The Nigeria equities market on Thursday appreciated by 0.17 per cent on the last trading day of October 2019, amid bargain hunting. Specifically, the All-Share Index improved by 44.58 points or 0.17 per cent to close at 26,355.35 compared with 26,310.77 achieved on Wednesday. Also, market capitalisation inched N22...

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Thursday suspended its immediate past National President, Abdulwaheed Odusile and three others for anti-union activities. The decision was taken at the quarterly national executive council meeting of the union which was presided over by the National President...

  The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) on Thursday gathered critical stakeholders in Kaduna to brainstorm on alarming statistics on drug use prevalence in Nigeria and the way forward. Registrar, PCN, Elisha Mohammed said, curiosity and peer pressure were major factors pushing people especially school children and young persons into...

Ghana has set a target of three years for the country to put a stop to rice importation. This was disclosed Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Kennedy Nyarko Osei. Osei said Ghana was working round the clock to stop the importation of rice into the county...

  A civil rights organisation under the aegis of Coalition for the Advancement of Good Governance (CAGG) on Wednesday took to the streets demanding the arrest of ex-governor Roachas Okorocha’s aide should not be swept under the carpet. The group said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) should also...

His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, former President of the Republic of Ghana will deliver the Seventh Anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine on Tuesday, November 19, at the Sheraton Hotel, Lagos. “Beyond Politics: An Economic Narrative for West Africa” is the main topic of the Lecture with “The End of Oil:...

  says project important to expand Oyo economy Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has issued a stop-work order in respect of the construction of the Ibadan circular road project awarded in May 2017. The Governor, who paid a visit to the site of the Circular Road, off the Lagos/Ibadan...

VP also commissions Liberty TV, Radio in Abuja Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has extolled the visionary leadership of the Premier of the defunct Western Region of Nigeria, the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, challenging Nigerians to build on the foundations he and other nationalists laid. According to the Vice...