archiveJanuary 23, 2020

  Transactions on the nation’s bourse closed northward on Thursday with the market indices appreciating by 0.45 per cent after dropping for two consecutive days. Superficially, the All-Share Index (ASI) increased by 133.08 points or 0.45 per cent to close at 29,591.29 compared with 29,458.21 recorded on Wednesday. Similarly, the...

  The newly sworn in Imo Governor, Chief Hope Uzodinma, says he feels excited and encouraged being part of the National Economic Council (NEC). Uzodinma spoke with State House Correspondents on the sidelines of the NEC meeting presided over the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on...

    The Ogun Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two men for allegedly extorting candidates registering for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The state Commandant of NSCDC, Hammed Abodunrin, stated this at a press conference in Abeokuta on Thursday. Abodunrin said...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says Nigeria music revenue is projected to hit 86 million dollar (about N3.096 billion) in 2021, making it the biggest in Africa. The minister gave the projection on Thursday in Madrid, Spain at the 11th edition of the Tourism Investment and...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday said that the damning 2019 corruption index report on Nigeria by Transparency International (TI)  is a vindication of its stand that corruption has worsened under President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The party said it is a national...

A tax expert, Mrs Morenike Babington-Ashaye, on Thursday urged the National Assembly to make a pronouncement on the commencement date for the implementation of the Finance Act 2019 to make it authentic before Nigerians. Babington-Ashaye, President of the International Centre for Tax Research and Development (ICTRD), a non-governmental organization, made...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has revealed that Ethiopian Airlines and South African Airways had the highest numbers of drug traffickers on their aircrafts in and out of Nigeria in 2019. The agency also said it arrested a total of 101 drug traffickers and impounded 377.801kg of banned...

President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday rolled out a new rule that aims to limit “birth tourism” by women who enter the U.S. on tourist’s visas. According to Trump, the essence of the “birth tourism’’ is with the intention of obtaining citizenship for their babies born on American soil. Under...

The National Economic Council (NEC) has alerted Nigerians to the symptoms of the Corona virus and what to do to prevent the disease. Corona virus, found in Wahum, China has spread to US, Thailand, Japan and South Korea. Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State briefed State House correspondents after NEC...

The Police Command in Sokoto state on Thursday says it has arrested one Yahaya Umar, in possession of five locally made firearms The police said many other suspected criminals were also arrested across the state within a week. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ibrahim Kaoje, who paraded the suspects...