archiveJuly 14, 2020

Activities on the nation’s bourse on Tuesday sustained a negative posture for the second consecutive day, following sell pressure on banking equities. Specifically, the All-Share Index (ASI) lost 86.01 points or 0.36 per cent to close at 24,114.59 compared with 24,200.60 achieved on Monday. Thus, Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date losses increased...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called for inclusion and engagement of the Organised Private Sector (OPS) in the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) Committee for economic recovery during and after COVID-19 pandemic. Mrs Toki Mabogunje, LCCI President, made the call at the Chamber’s third edition on the...

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has appealed to Lagos State Government to speedily and holistically address the demands of the striking doctors, under the aegis of Medical Guild. The NMA made the appeal in a statement jointly signed by Dr Adenekan Adetunji and Dr Ramon Moronkola, the Lagos State Chairman...

The Lagos State Government said it paid over N8.7 billion Accrued Pension Rights to 2,309 retirees from its public service between January and June. The Director-General of the Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC), Mr Babalola Obilana, disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. Obilana said that the accrued pension rights...

Lagos State House of Assembly has directed its members to undergo a COVID-19 test following the death of a member, Tunde Braimoh. Temitope Adewale, representing Ifako Ijaiye Constituency I, made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday. Adewale is the Chairman, House Committee on Transportation. The lawmaker said...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal office, on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, arraigned an alleged fraudster, Osho Aluko-Kola, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on nine-count charges bordering on conspiracy and stealing to the tune of N206, 502,490.02 (Two Hundred...

This year’s edition of the MSMEs Awards holds this week virtually as the Buhari administration continues to roll out palliatives and other supportive measures for small businesses in the country amid the fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy. The Secretariat of the National MSMEs Clinic which organizes the...

The Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta/Oru West League of Professionals has condemned what it described as unprovoked attacks on the immediate past Deputy Governor of Imo State, His Excellency Engr. Gerald Irona by agents of the state government. The group made its position known in a statement jointly signed by its Secretary, Nwando Ethel...

An international Museum of Happiness said that it has opened its doors for the first time in the Danish capital Tuesday. “We Danes often hear that we are among the happiest people in the world, and with the museum we want to convey what that really means,’’ Meik Wiking, CEO...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the decision of Lagos and Ekiti State to hear cases virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour held that virtual court sittings are presumed to be valid and not been declared unconstitutional by the...