archiveJune 13, 2020

The Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, has described the recent spate of criticisms against the governor by a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2019 election, Chief Niyi Akintola (SAN), as an indication of his desperation to hug...

The World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa is now over 222,000. The UN’s health agency gave the update on its official twitter account @WHOAFRO on Saturday. “There are over 222,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index and Market Capitalization both appreciated by 0.67 per cent  to close the week at 25,182.67 and N13.137 trillion respectively. All other indices finished higher with the exception of NSE MERI Growth, NSE Consumer Goods and NSE Oil/Gas Indices which depreciated by 0.07 per...

A chieftain of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, on Saturday said the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not fair to Gov. Godwin Obaseki by disqualifying him from participating in the party’s primary. Babatope, a former Minister of Transportation, expressed the view in a telephone interview with the...