archiveJune 11, 2020

  Chancellor of the Precious Cornerstone University, (PCU), Ibadan, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari -led administration to evolve mechanism of making funds accessible to researchers in Nigeria. Specifically, Oke said there was urgent need for the government and other relevant stakeholders to assist researchers in...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) market capitalisation closed trading for the week on Thursday with a loss of N17 billion. Specifically, market capitalisation dipped N17 billion or 0.13 per cent to close at N13.136 trillion against N13.153 trillion posted on Wednesday. Also, the All-Share Index (ASI) decreased by 32.37 points...

Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IE) has announced that  the prices of meters sold to customers under the Meter Asset Provider (MAP) scheme has been reviewed upward effective June. 1. The DisCo, in a notice on its Twitter account on Thursday,  said the review was in compliance with the directive of...

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and Cherie Blaire (Wife of Tony Blaire, former UK Prime Minister) are among personalities expected at the 2020 Democracy Day celebration by Lagos State Government. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, said in a...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Thursday that the Ninth Senate which just clocked one year has remained on track to deliver the promises made to Nigerians. "Today, we can say that we have remained on track to delivering on our promises to the Nigerian people," Lawan said...

  The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered over 1000 ghost workers in the payroll of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) and a cash recovery of over N138, 000, 000 (One Hundred  and Thirty-eight Million Naira)  from the state’s treasury looters....

  CRC Credit Bureau has launched its Data Submission Application Programming Interface (API) that enables institutions access and submit data on their credit customers online real time. According to the Bureau, this innovation, the first in the industry in Nigeria, is an automated medium that enables institutions provide CRC with...

  Justice Anwuli Chikere of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, June 11, 2020, ordered the interim forfeiture of $228,428.16( Two Hundred and Twenty Eight Thousand, Four Hundred and Twenty Eight United States Dollars,  Sixteen Cents) and N120, 546,042.02( One Hundred and Twenty Million,  Five Hundred and...

  By Olukayode Kolawole With over one billion people and 500 million internet users in Africa, e-commerce has, in the last eight years improved the quality of lives on the continent by helping consumers to shop and pay for millions of products online at the best prices wherever they live....

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has explained why schools cannot reopen now, explaining that the decision was part of measures being taken to protect vulnerable Nigerians who may have some underlying infections. National Coordinator of the PTF, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said the decision to restrict gathering in churches...