archiveJune 2020

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called on leaders in the country to take advantage of the country’s diversity to wield the required strength to foster unity, peace and development. Lawan gave the charge while reacting to a point of order brought to the floor on by Senator Emmanuel...

  …As Senate confirms appointments of SEC, RMAFC nominees  President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has tasked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to ensure efficiency in the discharge of its duties so as to attract local and foreign investments to the country. The Senate President gave the charge on...

Former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has expressed shock and despair over the death of Hon. Joyce Overah, a Commissioner on the board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC). Overah, a key stakeholder of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State, was reported...

Trading in the domestic bourse closed lower on Wednesday, dropping 0.47 per cent, amid profit taking in some heavyweight stocks. Specifically, the All-Share Index lost 120.11 points or 0.47 per cent to close at 25,215.04 compared with 25,335.15 posted on Tuesday. Accordingly, the Month-to-Date returned negative at -0.2 per cent,...

    As NGF, NLC, NMA, others kick Oppositions against the Infectious Disease Control Act have thickened  as the National Assembly on Wednesday held a public hearing on the Act The Nigeria Governor’s Forum (NGF) Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) and Nigeria Medical Association(NMA) tore apart the proposed bill during the Publuc...

  Dr Jennifer Blanke, the African Development Bank (AfDB), Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development, has resigned her appointment. The bank’s Communications and External Relations Department made this known in a statement on Wednesday. Blanke, who joined the Bank in early 2017 and had overseen a number of...

  The Senate may on Thursday consider and pass the revised 2020 budget  as the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, gave this indication at plenary in Abuja after the Senate Committee on Appropriations laid the report on the budget on Wednesday. According to him, “Tomorrow, we can receive and consider the...

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Wednesday issued Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) Certificates to 11 manufacturing firms in Anambra. Mr Osita Aboloma, the Director-General of SON, made the presentation of the certificates to the companies in Awka. He said the certification meant that the companies were fit to...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday endorsed stiffer penalties against rapists and child abusers as proposed by the Ministry of Women Affairs, describing the upsurge as embarrasment. The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, made this known at the end of the fourth meeting of the Council which...

The fractional Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo chapter, Mr Anslem Ojezua, says  clearance by the authorities of the University of Ibadan (UI), has further strengthened the integrity of Gov. Godwin Obaseki. Ojezua told newsmen on Wednesday in Benin, while reacting to the confirmation by UI, that Obaseki...