archiveFebruary 2020

  Prelate Uche: “We are proud of the Vice President”   The responsibility to ensure harmony amongst people of different religious and ethnic backgrounds in Nigeria and elsewhere depends largely on the contributions and sacrifices of faith leaders, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on...

  The  remains of Eze Israel Kanu and his wife, Salome, both parents of Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), were on Friday laid to rest in their country home at Isiama Afaraukwu, Umuahia. Delivering a sermon during a funeral service at St. Andrew’s...

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has recruited 1,050 Graduate Trainees, signalling the successful completion of its 2019/2020 employment exercise. The corporation made the announcement in a statement signed by its acting spokesman, Mr Samson Makoji, in Abuja on Friday. It quoted the Group Managing Director, Malam Mele Kyari,...

French champions Paris St-Germain (PSG) have overtaken Manchester City as the most financially-powerful club in world football, the annual Soccerex Football Finance 100 report has showed. PSG topped the 2020 edition with a football finance index score of 5.318. This is based on the value of the current squad, tangible...

Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun on Friday presented N1.2 billion bonds to retirees in the state. Oyetola, who used the occasion of 2020 Cultural Day celebration to make the presentation in Osogbo, said the bonds were for the payment of terminal benefit of some retired workers under the contributory Pension...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday transacted 132.62 million shares valued at N1.28 billion achieved in 3,189 deals. This was in contrast with a turnover of 150.73 million shares worth N2.78 billion exchanged in 3,198 deals on Thursday. An analysis of the activity chart indicated that Zenith Bank was...

The Exam Ethics Marshall International (EEMI), an NGO, says it has forwarded a list signed by 15,550 petitions to the Senate to facilitate the passage of the Sex-for-Grade Prohibition bill. Mr Ike Onyechere, Founder of the organisation, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

  UEFA has received approximately 28.3 million requests for 2.5 million available tickets at the 2020 European Championship, European football’s governing body said on Friday. This is double the amount sought in the last edition of the event. In the ticketing sales phase for fans of qualified teams in December,...

Mr Ade Omole, Chairman of  Nigeria Diaspora Voting Council, on Friday called for a provision in Nigeria’s electoral laws that would enable Nigerians in diaspora to vote in home elections. Omole told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that such provisions would enable  Nigerians abroad to participate in...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why it has paved the way for the swearing-in of the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Douye Diri, as governor of Bayelsa State after Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment that sacked the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr David Lyon, who...