archiveJanuary 2020

to get $417m from Global Fund to tackle Malaria   The National Coordinator, National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), Dr Audu Mohammed, on Tuesday said Nigeria would get three-year grant of $417 million from the Global Fund to tackle malaria. Mohammed told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that...

Come Wednesday, 29 January 2020, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) will launch its Growth Board at The Exchange, in Lagos. According to a statement from The Exchange, the launch of the Growth Board provides issuers with the opportunity to leverage on the Exchange for listing, raising long-term capital and facilitating...

  registers 700,000 candidates two week   Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) revealed that it made the sum of N2. 272 billion in one week of selling forms for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) to admission seekers into the nation’s tertiary institutions even as it also said...

  trial fixed for Feb 24 A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted bail at N10 million to a former Senator, Shehu Sani after he was arraigned on a two-count charge of fraud brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Inyang Ekwo, who...

  Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, has sought the approval of the Kano State House of Assembly  to borrow N15 billion from Guaranty Trust Bank (GT Bank) to fund the State’s free education programme. The governor disclosed that if the loan is approved, each of the 44 local government...

Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has assured that the Southwest geopolitical zone has no plans to secede from Nigeria in the heat of the controversy generated by the launch of Western Nigeria Security Network code-named “Operation Amotekun”. Fayemi said the Southwest region remains part of Nigeria, will continue to...

says sacked chairmen’s destruction of councils criminal Govt’ll await Appeal Court judgment’   The government of Oyo State declared on Monday that it will bring the full weight of the law to bear on the criminal and violent takeover of some Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas' secretariats by...

  The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Babajide  Omoworare, has called for the development of  “night economy” in an effort to boost economy and recreation. He said this has become imperative because from a global perspective many developed countries have made boosting of...

The Federal Government says the speculated plan by the U.S. to add Nigeria to its existing list of visa travel ban countries is ill conceived. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this on Monday in London during an interview session with Reuters News Agency. News Agency...

Zenith Bank Plc, has reaffirmed its commitment to support local Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) with the introduction of the ‘Zenith Bank SME Digital Workshop’ to provide free digital training for business owners. The initiative, which is being organized in partnership with social media giant Facebook, will provide free...