archiveNovember 1, 2019

  Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) opened for the month of November on Friday with a decline of 0.24 per cent. Specifically, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index dipped 62.05 points or 0.24 per cent to close at 26,293.30 against 26,355.35 on Thursday....

  Following the success of the maiden edition, Nigeria’s leading financial institution, Zenith Bank Plc is set to ignite Lagos with the second edition of its highly anticipated Lifestyle Fair, “Style by Zenith 2.0”, which holds from Friday, November 29 to Sunday, December 1, 2019. First launched in 2018, the...

  commissions BCOS’s satellite audio network Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Friday, declared the readiness of his administration to build a greater Oyo State, noting that his Government would continue to do things properly even it will take a slightly longer time to get results. The Governor added...

Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele says ensuring price stability and growing the nation’s economy through unconventional policy is paying off. Emefiele stated this at the first Convocation Lecture of Edo University, Iyamho, Auchi on Friday. The governor said in spite of the criticism from certain quarters the...

The Federal Government, through the Ecological Fund Office, on Friday inspected areas affected by recent flooding in Kosofe area of Lagos State with a view to assisting the sacked communities. Mr Ibrahim Lawal, who Led the Presidential Team for an on-the-spot assessment of the flooded communities, said that visit followed...

  Nigeria’s anti-fraud office on Friday said it is questioning 16 chairmen of different local governments in Kwara State for alleged misappropriation of N4 billion loan and the state’s internally generated revenue. EFCC’s spokesman Wilson Uwujaren said the agency gathered that the chairmen after securing the controversial loans, held a...

  Following recent fatal accidents involving trucks carrying petroleum products, the Anambra Stàte Government on Friday announced the ban on movement of fuel tankers during the daytime. It said such vehicles can only move at night within the state. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Don Adinuba, the...

  The Embassy of Israel in Nigeria on Friday re-opened after a two-day closure of all Israeli embassies and consulates because of strike by diplomats and military attaches over allownces. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent reports that the Israeli embassy shut down diplomatic operations in Abuja from Wednesday,...

Prof. Patrick Lumumba, former Director, Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission, on Friday tasked Nigeria and other African countries to redouble efforts to provide adequate power for sustainable industrialisation on the continent. Lumumba gave the advice while delivering the 11th Convocation Lecture of Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun. The News Agency of...

  By Andrew Ossai Eke   On Tuesday, October 29, 2019, the list of nominees into the incoming board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was read on the floor of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Shortly thereafter, and to the utter amazement, shock, incredulity, confusion...