archiveJune 24, 2020

Weak sentiments and sell pressure continued on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday with the indices extending loses for the fifth consecutive trading session, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Consequently, the key performance indices dropped further by 0.38 per cent due to sell-offs in 22 stocks. NAN...

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) says it has not issued any ultimatum to manufacturers and importers on its yet to be inaugurated Product Authentication Mark scheme. The Director-General of SON, Mr Osita Aboloma, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, explained that the programme was still in the works,...

...to attend his NEC meeting on Thursday The President Muhammadu Buhari has thrown his weight behind Victor Giadom as the acting chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He has also expressed his readiness to attend the virtual meeting of the party’s National Executive Council meeting that Giadom announced...

The Police Command in Gombe State has arrested a 71-year-old man for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Maikudi Shehu, disclosed this during a press conference on Wednesday in Gombe. Shehu said that the suspect, a maize seller at the Gombe main market, who...

The Federal Government has come out with conditions schools and learning institutions in the country must meet before they could be allowed to reopen. The conditions are contained in a 36-page document submitted to the Senate by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu for their Information. The document obtained...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of N7.5 billion for the year 2020 National Research Fund, a quantum increase from the initial N3 billion when the research grant was established in Tertiary Education Trust Fund. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof Suleiman Bogoro, who made this known at the 2020...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan felicitates with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on the auspicious occasion of his 58th birthday on 25th June, 2020. Lawan congratulates him on his exemplary representation of his constituency and passionate service to Nigeria as a whole at...

Nasarawa State Command, of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested one Ahmadu Yaro, 27, for defiling four different babies in Adogi village of Lafia Local Government Area. Mr Muhammad Mahmoud-Fari, State Commandant of the NSCDC, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Lafia, said among the victims...

A total of 13, 000 applicants have applied for recruitment into the Western Nigeria Security Network also known Operation Amotekun Corps in Osun State. The Director-General, Amotekun Corps in the state, Comrade Amitolu Shittu, disclosed this on Wednesday. Governor Adegboyega Oyetola had on Monday, June 15, directed that recruitment into...

The World Bank has approved $750 million in International Development Association (IDA) credit for Nigeria’s Power Sector Recovery Operation (PSRO). The Bank’s Board of Directors gave the approval “to improve the reliability of electricity supply, achieve financial and fiscal sustainability, and enhance accountability in the power sector in Nigeria.” According...