archiveApril 15, 2020

The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has described the two weeks extension of the lockdown in the FCT, Lagos and Ogun States as tough, but “the right way to go”. A statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday night by Mr...

The meeting of the  Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) for April 2020 will hold through video conferencing. This is due to the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chairman of the Forum Hon. David Olofu made this disclosure when he led a delegation of the Forum to pay a...

  Says he chairs state council meeting from isolation   Contrary to speculations that Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State has been cured of Coronavirus disease, the Governor on Wednesday said he was still positive of the virus. The Governor, who disclosed this on his Twitter handle Wednesday afternoon,...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has revealed that security operatives in Nigeria have killed about 18 persons in the course of enforcing the COVID-19 lockdown. The Human rights commission also reports that it has recorded 105 complaints on various human rights violations within the first phase of the 14-days...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Wednesday announced the recovery and discharge of 16 COVID-19 patients, including three foreigners. Sanwo-Olu, through his Twitter account, said that the patients were 14 males and two females, including three foreigners- British, Chinese and Polish citizens, were discharged to join the society. According...

The nation’s bourse extended its positive trend on Wednesday with a growth of 3.02 per cent, amid gains by Dangote Cement and Tier 1 banks. Speficially, the All-Share Index increased by 659.99 points, representing a growth of 3.02 per cent to close at 22,539.94 against 21,879.95 on Tuesday. Similarly, the...

The Debt Management Office (DMO) says N60 billion worth of Federal Government bonds will be up for subscription on April 22. The DMO said in a circular on its website on Wednesday in Abuja, that the five-year re-opening bonds of N20 billion to mature in April 2023 was offered at...

Some Ilorin residents on Wednesday were seen at major markets across the city shopping in total disregard to the lockdown directive by the Kwara state government. News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the state government had on Tuesday, announced a full scale lockdown, rescinding its earlier decision to set...

FBN Holdings Plc has officially notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) of on-going discussions with its partner Sanlam Emerging Markets to divest 65 per cent equity in FBN Insurance (FBNI) Ltd. The company stated this in a formal notice sent to the Exchange and signed by the Company Secretary, Mr...

The Commissioner of Police in Abia,  Mr Ene Okon, on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of one Richard Eke, an operative of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly killing a motorist at a checkpoint in Aba. Okon said that he had directed his men to transfer the...