archiveNovember 15, 2019

  Global debt is on course to end 2019 at a record high of more than 255 trillion dollars, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) estimated on Friday — nearly 32,500 dollars for each of the 7.7 billion people on planet. The amount, which is also more than three times...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) crucial market indicators closed trading on Friday with a marginal growth of 0.03 per cent. Specifically, the market capitalisation of listed equities rose by N4 billion or 0.03 per cent to N13.071 trillion from N13.067 trillion on Thursday. Also, the NSE All-Share Index appreciated...

Information reaching us from Lokoja, the Kogi State capital confirmed that some armed and masked security men who appeared in police uniforms attacked the hotel where the Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, lodged in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday. According to a press statement from the Governor’s office,...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has tasked the Ministry of Women Affairs to work closely with the National Assembly towards the empowerment of the Nigerian women. The Senate President who played host to the Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen and her officials said the ministry and the National...

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) have concluded arrangement to sign a $1.16 million grant as part funding for the NNPC-Abuja Independent Power Project (IPP) meant to generate 1,350 megawatts of electricity to alleviate the power challenge in the...

    By Wole Soyinka My dear Honourables, I hope you will excuse me for distracting you from your onerous duties, but I am a current sufferer – and I am not alone – from a persistent nightmare. That affliction has been induced by your most recent approach to addressing...

  Anambra State Government has declared Monday, November 18, 2019 a work-free day. This is in Commemoration of the posthumous birthday of the first President of Nigeria, Dr Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe. A release by the Head of Service, Barr Harry Uduh, stated that the day will be work free in...

The Presidency said on Friday that it accepted the reasons the Supreme Court gave in dismissing the appeal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Atiku Abubakar, which challenged the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 23 poll. It said the apex court’s ruling represented the “popular will”...

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has dismissed 70 of its staff members over certificate forgery. This was made known through a statement by the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, in Minna, Niger State. It was gathered that the dismissal affects mostly the junior staff while substantial...

  The Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to exclude the candidate of All Progressive Candidate (APC), David Lyon, from the list of contestants of the Bayelsa State Governorship elections holding on Saturday. The order was given after an ex parte...