archiveJune 15, 2020

Nigerian equities market resumed trading on Monday with a loss of 0.91 per cent as a result of profit taking in some blue chips. Speficially, the All-Share Index which opened the week at 25,182.67 lost 228.35 points or 0.91 per cent to close at 24,954.32. Accordingly, Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date losses...

...as govt workers resume Monday ....Pry 6, JSS III, SSS III students resume classes by June 29 The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force announced on Monday that it has relaxed the curfew imposed on the state following the advent of the ravaging coronavirus pandemic. The Task Force, which made the...

Emeritus Professor Medicine, Oladipo Akinkugbe is dead. Akinkugbe, who was a foremost Nigerian Professor of Medicine at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, died in Ibadanon Monday at 86 years. He studied and taught at some of the world’s most prestigious universities, including the University of London, Balliol College, University...

  President Muhammadu Buhari’s life is not in danger owing to the shooting on Thursday night at Aso Rock, his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, declared yesterday. In a statement, the presidency said the incident was being investigated. A pandemonium had arisen on the day in...

The Federal Government on Monday said it has suspended an airline for conveying Naira Marley to Abuja for a concert. The Minister for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, who made this known during the daily COVID19 briefing said that the flight was approved for a different purpose. Sirika said that the flight...

  Charges them to reconcile aggrieved members Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday, inaugurated the steering committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Elders' Forum, charging them to assist the party in tackling the challenges facing it. He further called on members of the committee to reconcile...

Abia Government has declared Aba, the state’s commercial hub, a red zone and epicentre of Coronavirus following the number of positive samples emanating from the city. Chief Okeiyi Kalu, Abia Information Commissioner, disclosed this on Monday while answering questions during a phone-in programme on COVID-19 update in the state. Abia...

  The trial of two Chinese:  Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoi of China Zhongao Nigeria Ltd., slated to begin Monday, June 15, 2020 before Justice Muhammad Sa'idu Sifawa  of the Sokoto State High Court, could not go on as planned,  following the withdrawal of defence counsel, Ahmed Raji &...

The Federal Government received a total sum of N1.69 billion as COVID-19 eradication support donations from April 1 to May 31. Mr Henshaw Ogubike, Director, Information, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Ogubuike...

 Organised Labour and the Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), toward boosting productivity, prevent jobs loses, promote health and preserve means of livelihoods of all citizens. The MOU was signed by the representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Ayuba Wabba, Trade Union...