archiveOctober 2019

  Adds: We must strengthen states for a more productive nation Says devolution of more power to States enables them to control more of their resources VP advocates for States & community police forces, correctional facilities, special courts   Nigeria can become a stronger and more prosperous nation if states...

  The Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has said that Democracy in Nigeria cannot grow without a vibrant media. The Governor called on those in governance to tolerate contrary views and supposedly offensive reportage of events by the media in the interest of the society and...

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE OCCASION OF HIS TOWN HALL MEETING WITH NIGERIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA ON 4TH OCTOBER 2019 PROTOCOLS It gives me pleasure to be with you today. I hope you had a memorable 59th Independence Anniversary celebrations...

Mr Timothy Owoeye, the Speaker, Osun House of Assembly, has urged commissioner and special adviser nominees to fast track development in the state through harmonious working relationship with the legislature. Owoeye made the call on Friday during continuation of the screening of the nominees as commissioners and special advisers by...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index on Friday lost 98.45 points or 0.36 per cent to close lower at 26,987.45 mark. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that this was against 27,085.69 mark achieved at close of business on Thursday. Similarly, the market capitalisation which opened at N13.185...

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has accused successive administrations of 'systematic destruction of national policies'. Speaking at the third annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) in Lagos on Friday, Kukah, a popular crusading cleric, declared that the systematic destruction of policies by...

  Farmers, residents in rural areas deserve to be subsidized   President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has made a case for local contents in all engineering projects undertaken in the country. "I believe in the local contents and I think it is high time we insist on the local...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) joined The World Federation of Exchanges (“WFE”) and International Organization of Securities Commissions (“IOSCO”) in the inaugural “Ring the Bell for Financial Literacy” initiative, using its Closing Gong ceremony to further draw attention to the importance of financial literacy. The Closing Gong ceremony which held...

Teachers in Edo State under the auspices of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) have endorsed Governor Godwin Obaseki for a second term in office. The teachers made their opinion known when they paid a mega thank you visit to Governor Obaseki at the New Era College hall in Benin...

Rights activist and Convener of Nigerians Unite Against Terror (NUAT), Joe Okei-Odumakin, and a civil society organisation, have condemned the handcuffing of journalist, Agba Jalingo, by police and prison officials. Jalingo, who is the Publisher of Cross River Watch, an online news platform, had been seen in several photographs making...