archiveJune 23, 2020

The nation’s bourse extended negative mood on Tuesday with the market capitalisation dropping by two billion naira. Speficially, the market capitalisation which opened at N12.913 trillion shed two billion naira or 0.02 per cent to close at N12.911 trillion. Also, the All-Share Index lost 3.86 points or 0.02 per cent...

Oyo State Government on Tuesday said it has spent N2.779 billion in the ongoing fight against novel coronavirus. The Government said the N378million cash raised from willing donors including individuals and corporate donors is still intact in the dedicated accounts but that all the expenditures so far are from the...

The Anambra House of Assembly was on Tuesday forced to adjourn plenary for three weeks to allow fumigation of offices and surroundings of the assembly complex, as fear of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic heightened in the state. The resolution for a break was reached at an executive session, and was announced...

The Federal Ministry of Education onTuesday briefed members of the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education on its plans to reopen schools which have been shut as part of measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, during the...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal office, on Tuesday, June 23, 2020, arraigned one Rahul Pathania, an Indian, and a vessel, M.V. Bount, before Justice Rilwan .M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on three-count charges bordering on illegal dealing in petroleum products....

The trial of former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, began on Tuesday, June 23, 2020 before Justice Inyang Ekwo, of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the first prosecution witness narrating before the court how money meant for sensitization and enlightenment of Muslim youth...

Novak Djokovic tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday after taking part in a tennis exhibition series he organised in Serbia and Croatia. The top-ranked Serb is the fourth player to test positive for the virus after first playing in Belgrade and then again last weekend in Zadar, Croatia. His wife...

The Chairman of Cross River Anti-Tax Agency, Bishop Emmah Isong, on Tuesday said illegal taxation was detrimental to economic growth of the state. Isong, who said this in Calabar during an interface with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Cross River Chapter, said this informed the decision of Gov. Ben...

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, among others poured tributes on late Sen. Adebayo Osinowo at a special parliamentary session held in his honour The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osinowo, 65, reportedly died of COVID-19...

President Muhammadu Buhari ,on Tuesday, raised concerns over the planned single currency for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He said the plan for the single currency, Eco, could be in serious jeopardy,” unless member states complied with agreed processes of reaching the collective goal. The Eco is...