archiveMay 25, 2020

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday said eating a healthy diet is important during the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO in a statement in Geneva explained that food and drink can affect the body’s ability to prevent, fight and recover from infections, NAN reports. It said that no food or dietary...

  A leading Online Publisher, Femi Soneye, has commended the Federal Government for the stimulus package being initiated to cushion effects of COVID-19 on Nigerian media and the creative industry. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, also received a pat on the back for the expected intervention....

  Out of the staff strength of 6,621, The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)  can only  boast of 211 female workforce, representing 18.3 per cent  while men folk accounted for 81.7 per cent or 5,410 persons. The company says it currently has 6,621 staff strength both at its headquarters and...

The management of Investments & Securities Tribunal (IST) has announced resumption of sittings with effect from Wednesday, May 27. The IST, in a statement, said the acting Chairman of the Tribunal, Hon. Jude Ike Udunni conveyed the directive during a meeting with the management staff of the Tribunal. Udunni was...

Gov. Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State has warned that parents who enroll their children into the Almajiri education system stand the risk of prosecution and up to two years jail. El-Rufa’i stated this in Kaduna on Monday when he visited some 200 Almajiri children repatriated from Nasarawa State and undergoing...

Global Finance has named Ecobank as the most innovative bank in Africa. The announcement was made at the eighth Global Finance annual awards, the Innovators 2020, honoring entities that regularly identify new paths and design new tools in finance. Categories in the award include Top Innovations in Corporate Finance, Payments,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of the first set of 12 TETFund “centres of excellence”, two in each of the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. The first set of the institutions, which will focus on research in science-based disciplines, will be hosted by federal universities. The Director, Physical...

The United States Government has rejected plans by the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) board to end an investigation into its President, Akinwumi Adesina, and called for an independent probe into allegations against him. Some staff of the AfDB had accused Adesina of 20 breaches of the bank’s code of conduct,...

Economic analysts on Monday advised the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to hold all rates, citing the global crisis occasioned by Coronavirus pandemic as its decision. The experts gave the advice in separate interviews with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lagos ahead of...

Mr Oscar Onyema, Chief Executive Officer, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has expressed optimism that fixed income market would experience increased activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onyema said this on Monday at a virtual event to mark the 10th anniversary of...