archiveFebruary 2020

  The number of persons quarantined in Ogun state in connection with primary or secondary contacts with the Italian Coronavirus patient rose 39 on Saturday. The initial number was put at 28 by Governor Dapo Abiodun as at Friday but numbered soared with a harvest of additional 11 persons, who...

Unity Bank Plc, a leading Nigeria’s commercial lender, has advocated more investment in the creative industry to drive its contribution to the Nigerian economy. The Head, Personal & SME, Unity Bank Plc, Mr. Opeyemi Ojesina, made the call in Lagos on during the wek while speaking at a panel to...

  President Muhammadu Buhari, on Saturday commissioned ‘OPERATION SWIFT RESPONSE’ as a border drill exercise to checkmate the illegal activities of smugglers across the nation’s borders. His spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a statement, explained that this is part of the Federal Government’s effort to ensure food security and improve...

  The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Adedamola Kuti, has said that Berger/Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be opened to motorists on Sunday, March 1. Kuti told journalists on Saturday afternoon that construction work had been completed on that portion of the road. He said the...

  calls for new constitution praises South-west governors on Amotekun Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has spoken again on the rising insecurity concern in Nigeria as well as other issues he believes militating against the peaceful existence of Nigeria as a nation. .Obasanjo, who in his speech at the 1st...

Watford FC proved to be the giant killers on Saturday by beating run-away EPL leaders, Liverpool unbeaten run. The relegation-threatened team beat the EPLbleaders in EPL, breaking the Meyerside side’s 18-match consecutive wins with three goals no nothing....

  The era of entrepreneurs borrowing from banks and not paying back is gone, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele said on Saturday. Emefiele spoke in Lagos where he came for an assessment tour of the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company in Ibeju-Lekki. He said that the...

  United Bank of Nigeria (UBA) Plc has posted a profit after tax of N89.1 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2019. The profit after tax represented a growth of 13.3 percent to N89.1 billion compared with N78.6 billion recorded in the correpsonding period of 2018. Its profit...

A turnover of 1.547 billion shares worth N24.263 billion in 21,646 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), in contrast to a total of 1.499 billion shares valued at N17.907 billion that exchanged hands last week in 18,515 deals. The Financial...

  For what seem to be normal for most people who celebrate their birthdays every year, some who are born on Feb. 29, see it as very special as they get to celebrate it every four years. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a leap year occurs once every...