archiveMay 2020

  The All-Share Index and Market Capitalization of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) both appreciated by 1.87 per cent to close the week at 23,021.01 and N11.997 trillion respectively. All other indices finished higher with the exception of NSE Meri Growth, NSE Consumer Goods and NSE Industrial Goods, which depreciated...

The Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) has started distributing food items to thousands of vulnerable Nigerians across the country to further support the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. NBC, the maker of Coca-Cola brands of carbonated drinks, said in a statement on Sunday in Lagos, that the gesture would...

The Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, has confirmed the death a pregnant woman in the facility as a result of contracting coronavirus. The Head of Clinical Services (HCS) of the hospital, Dr Fidelis Ojeblenu, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

The Association of Resident Doctors at the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, has said its members will commence a three-day warning strike action starting from Monday, May 4, 2020.. In a letter signed by the President and General Secretary of the association, Popoola Mutiu, and Osundara Tope,...

  Jarman Kano, Professor Isa Hashim is dead. He died Sunday morning following a brief illness. Hashim, who is a senior counsellor in the Kano emirate council, according to a family source, Ibrahim Aliyu, died at age 86. Aliyu told reporters, that following the deaths of some of Hashim’s childhood...

  Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has opined that Kano State is a litmus test towards winning the battle against coronavirus pandemic. Atiku said this in a statement on his Facebook page, while reacting to the spike in deaths and number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kano State. It has...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Sunday Thomas as the substantive Commissioner for Insurance/Chief Executive Officer, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM). Mr Yunusa Abdullahi, Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday....

The management of Landmark University, Omu-Aran in Kwara, on Monday said it had approved free tuition fees for all its agriculture-related programmes in the institution. Prof. Adeniyi Olayanju, the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Omu-Aran that the approval would take effect from the 2018/2019 academic...

“We will get through this much stronger economically and much stronger as a people because of our resilience. There are a lot of challenges but they offer significant opportunities for us to turn things around.” Those were the words of assurance from Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, to Nigerians during...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged Nigerians to pray for  speedy recovery of the founder of Daar Communications PLC, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, members of his family, and all others  who  tested positive for COVID-19. Abubakar in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Mr Paul Ibe, in Abuja on...