archiveMarch 2, 2020

The University of Lagos, Akoka has offered employment to no fewer than 100 graduates of the university, who made first class in various fields of studies in the university. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, made the disclosure at a pre convocation news conference on Monday in Lagos....

Says Longjan’s legacy will continue to unite Nigerians   President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called on religious leaders in the country to pray for Nigeria and its leadership, saying that the country will eventually overcome its tribulations. Lawan stated this in a speech delivered at the funeral mass...

    L-R: Governor of Sokoto State, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal; General Manager & Divisional Head, Operations, Fidelity Bank PLC, Martins Izuogbe; Founder, Silverbird Group, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce; Executive Director, Corporate Bank, Fidelity Bank PLC, Obaro Odeghe; and Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki at the 2019 Silverbird Man of...

VP chairs review panel to develop strategies A clear cut set of strategies to curb and curtail the proliferation of small and light weapons would be developed soon, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo hinted this at a meeting he held this morning with top security chiefs...

Following the outbreak of Coronavirus in some parts of the world, Bureau de Change operators in Kaduna have expressed concern over low patronage since the outbreak of the disease. Some of the operators said in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Monday in Kaduna that...

  The Federal Government has offered for subscription two-year savings bond at 4.131 per cent and three-year savings bond at 5.131 per cent per annum, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has said. According to the offer circular obtained from the DMO website on Monday, the two-year bond will be due...

Two more foreign nationals suspected to be carrying the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from a high-risk country in Asia have tested negative in Lagos State, the Chief Incident Commander, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Monday. The Governor disclosed that series of medical examination at the State’s bio-security facility conducted on the...

  Sen. Olorunnimbe Mamora, the Minister of State for Health, has cautioned Nigerians against indiscriminate wearing of face mask in a bid to prevent themselves from Coronavirus (COVID-19). Mamora gave the advice at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Monday, noting that  face mask was not...

  The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has described as false a statement circulating that the February allowance of corps members had been channeled towards the fight against Coronavirus. Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, Director, Press and Public Relations of NYSC, made the remark in a statement she issued in Abuja, on...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market capitalisation opened trading for March on Monday,  with a loss of N208 billion amid losses in blue chips. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened trading for the month at N13.657 trillion, dipped N208 billion to close at N13.449 trillion. Also, the All Share...