archiveFebruary 3, 2020

  Oyo State government, on Monday, said it would strictly control the influx of commercial motorcycles into the state and their operations. This was contained in a statement issued in Ibadan by the state Ministry of Information, quoting Mr Akin Fagbemi, the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) hosted capital market stakeholders at a symposium tagged, “Finance Act 2019” at the Exchange, Lagos, on Monday, 03 February 2020. The event was held in collaboration with KPMG Nigeria to highlight the implications of Nigeria’s Finance Bill 2019 passed into law by the National...

In spite of an influx of unaudited 2019 full year results, trading on the nation’s bourse opened for February on a bearish posture, as investors’ sentiment remained weak. Consequently, the NSE All-Share Index on Monday lost 310.13 points or 1.08 per cent to close at 28,533.40 against 28,843.53 recorded on...

The Inspector General (I-G) of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered Commissioners of Police to confiscate vehicles illegally using Spy number plates, sirens, revolving lights or covered number plates. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Adamu gave the...

  President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, has said that the National Assembly is open to suggestions from Nigerians on the best ways to tackle the menace of hate speech and fake news. Lawan stated this on Monday in an address delivered to declare open a Town-hall meeting on...

says Makinde’ll put in place proper LG leadership soon The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Oyo State, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo, on Monday, stated that the intervention of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on the dissolution of local government leadership in Oyo...

There is an ongoing deliberate and comprehensive consolidation of the security situation in the country including plans to recruit more troops and officers to beef up the personnel of security agencies in order to contain the threats and security concerns in the land, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN....

  By Michael Owhoko Where is the map of Biafra? This is the question I have often asked the promoters and sympathizers of the Biafra cause, and up till this moment, their responses have been feeble, vague, evasive and suspicious, failing to provide specific drawing showing a clearly defined territorial...

laments Buhari govt’s inability to bring killer-herdsmen to justice The South-West chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on governors of the six states in the geopolitical zone to expedite action on the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun by recruiting and deploying personnel to the nooks and...

The House of Representatives on Monday threatened to expose the amount of generated public funds unaccounted for by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and several other agencies not remitting into the government covers in the country. Chairman of the House Public Accounts Committee,...