archiveJune 16, 2020

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has commiserated with the Founder and Senior Pastor of Trinity House, Pastor Itua Ighodalo, on the death of his wife, Ibidunni. The governor in a statement issued on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti by his Chief Press Secretary, Olayinka Oyebode, described the death of Ibidunni as very...

Lagos State Government has suspended the planned reopening of churches and mosques activities till further notice. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced this on Tuesday afternoon during a briefing at the State House, Marina. The state had earlier announced that worship centres will be opened this weekend. The suspension now is due...

Dr Hassan Mahmud, Director, Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Tuesday advised West African countries affected by COVID-19 pandemic to look inward and use their domestic resources to revamp their economies. Mahmud gave the advice at a diagnostic Webinar organised by the West African Institute for Financial...

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), has commended the decision of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to make public its audited accounts and making it public on its website. NEITI gave the commendation in a statement signed by its Director of Communications, Dr Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, in Abuja...

The Federal Government has provided a breakdown of N13.9 billion Pest Control Fund recently announced by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono. The Director, Department of Veterinary and Pest Control Services in the ministry, Dr Alabi Olaniran, gave the breakdown, while speaking with News Agency of Nigeria...

The 20th Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria has approved 160 and above as the national minimum benchmark for admission for the year 2020 into public universities. The meeting held virtually on Tuesday, also approved 140 as minimum Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) score for admission into...

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, has described the death of the institution’s pioneer vice-chancellor, Prof. Oladipo Akinkugbe, as a great loss to the nation’s academic community. In a condolence message issued on his behalf on Tuesday by the institution’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle...

The federal government of Nigeria (FGN) has advised tertiary institutions in Nigeria to put preventive measures against COVID-19 in place before it announces their re-opening. Schools were shut on March 19 over the novel coronavirus outbreak, leaving the authorities to adopt alternative modes of learning for students at all levels....

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has formally announced his decision to resign his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Obaseki, who was disqualified from contesting the party’s governorship primary election slated for June 22, announced the decision to State House correspondents after meeting with the President, Major General...

·         By introducing market makers ·         Liberalise its process The management of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has been called upon to assist the development of the mutual funds in the nation’s capital market by introducing Market Makers for it as well as liberalising its entire processes The Managing Director...