archiveApril 2020

  PSG likely didn't need any favors, but the club has been crowned Ligue 1 champion for the third straight season–and seventh time in the last eight seasons–after the league abandoned the rest of the 2019-20 campaign amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Ligue de Football Professionnel made it official with...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) gas stated Nigeria has the capacity to repay the $3.4billion Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) it recently approved for the country. In coming to that conclusion, the IMF Country office in Abuja in its report said,  “staff assesses public debt to be sustainable and that there...

  Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc has announced that it will hold its 26th Annual General Meeting (AGM) by proxy on the 14th Floor of The Nigerian Stock Exchange Building, Lagos on Friday 22 May 2020 by 10:00am. The Company obtained the following approval from the Corporate Affairs Commission...

Zenith Bank Plc has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter ended March 31 2020, with gross earnings rising by 6% from N158.1 billion in March 2019 to N166.8 billion. From the unaudited statement of account which was presented to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday, April 29,...

  …says senator blinded by political considerations The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, on Wednesday, took a swipe at the Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District, Teslim Folarin, for criticising the Oyo State government’s Covid-19 containment strategies, some of which the Federal Government has now...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market capitalisation on Thursday closed the last day of April with N80 billion gain, following sustained demand for blue chips. The market capitalisation, which opened at N11.917 trillion, inched higher by N80 billion or 0.67 per cent to close the month at N11.997 trillion. Also,...

The Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has appointed Mr.Femi Adeoye, of the viral “Father Rejects Son” video as an ambassador of the Covid-19 Response in Ekiti State for his integrity and exemplary show of valour in the ongoing fight against Covid-19 pandemic. Fayemi also made the retired Federal Road...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated with Nigerian workers as they join their counterparts the world over to mark the Workers' Day. Lawan congratulated Nigerian workers for sustaining their heroic struggle for the liberation of the country from poverty and underdevelopment even in the face of the daunting...

  The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) Thursday said it had filed a Freedom of information (FoI) request for details of Nigeria’s COVID-19 funds from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). It demanded that the CBN should, within seven days, make public the value and details of...

By Rev. Fr. Evaristus Bassey I don’t know how many people remember Obasanjo’s moustache before he became president of Nigeria. In fact when news broke out that Olusegun Obasanjo who had just come out of prison was going to contest for the seat of the presidency of Nigeria and his...