archiveNovember 4, 2019

  ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE NIGERIA – CANADA INVESTMENT SUMMIT 2019 (NCIS – 2019), ABUJA, ON MONDAY, 4TH NOVEMBER 4, 2019 Protocols I am extremely pleased to be here with you at the Nigeria-Canada Investment Summit...

Says we must Improve capacity to manage flood risk Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Monday inaugurated the steering Committee of the Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project, the World Bank Project aimed at tackling the flood risk propensity of Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital. The Governor, while giving a...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said the Ninth National Assembly will insist on accountability and transparency in the power sector, particularly in the application of funds proposed for it in the 2020 budget. Lawan stated this on Monday when the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Power Holding...

  As Sanwo-Olu woos Chinese investors to the State Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday said the government would relocate the Lagos International Trade Fair to a permanent site in the near future even as he promised Chinese investors beneficial relationship. Sanwo-Olu said the moving of the site...

An Economist, Prof AbdulGafar ljaiya has advised the Federal Government not to open Nigeria’s land borders until its neighbors comply with protocols relating to bilateral trade agreement. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ilorin, Ijaiya, the professor of Economics at the University of...

  The market capitalisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed trading for the week on Monday with a growth of N52 billion. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N12.799 trillion inched N52 billion or 0.41 per cent to close at N12.851 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index rose by...

The Federal Government has given conditions that ECOWAS Member States must adhere to before reopening its border, including that the ECOWAS states must respect the Rule of Origin for imports. Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affair, made this known on Monday in Abuja while briefing newsmen following an...

  The leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives on Monday waded into the non-payment of severance allowances for legislative aides who served in the Eighth National Assembly between 2015 and 2019. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan and Speaker of House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, met...

  Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former Nigerian President, says his mango plantation in Howe, Gwer East Local Government Area will employ over 1,000 workers in Benue. Obasanjo made the disclosure on Monday in Howe during a visit to the farm to inspect the progress made so far. He said that the...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assented to the Bill amending the Deep Offshore (and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract) Act. This was disclosed in a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle. The President tweeted, “This afternoon I assented to the Bill amending the Deep Offshore (and Inland Basin...