archiveJuly 28, 2020

The nation’s bourse returned to negative territory on Tuesday with the market capitalisation shedding N70 billion due to losses by some blue chips. The market capitalisation was down 0.54 per cent to close at N12.858 trillion compared with N12. 928 trillion on Monday. Also, the All-Share Index (ASI) dipped 133.45...

As the world marks the annual Hepatitis Day, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Plateau Chapter, on Tuesday calls for free treatment of patients of the disease. The Chairman, Plateau Chapter of the association, Dr Titus Dajel, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos, said the...

Residents of Bonsaac area of Asaba on Tuesday took to the street to protest power outage in the axis for about six months now. The residents attributed the blackout to alleged failure by the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to replace a damaged transformer in the area. The protesters, mainly...

Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre nine months after his detention, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has confirmed. Maina, who was arraigned before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Oct. 25, 2019, by the Economic and...

The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Private Universities (CPCPU) has appealed to the Federal Government to reopen the country’s 78 private universities which have been shut alongside other educational institutions in Nigeria since March 23 within the next one month to save the nation’s economy. In the communiqué issued at the...

Mr Jim Ovia, founder of Zenith Bank Plc, has advocated branding, innovation and creativity as critical prerequisites for business survival during and post COVID-19. Ovia spoke on Tuesday, during a webinar by the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the webinar had as...

A Nigerian-trained physician, Dr Stella Immanuel, is trending on social media after delivering an emotional COVID-19 speech in the United States on Monday, claiming that Hydroxychloroquine cures COVID-19 . The video has, however, been deleted by Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube for passing misinformation. Speaking at a news conference in Washington,...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of Air Vice Marshal Alkali Mohammadu Mamu. Mamu, a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Holding Company and Air Force Commanding, Training Command, was pronounced guilty and sentenced to two-year improsinment by the Court of...

• Swears-in ex-NLC chair as Perm Sec, Governing Councils of state-owned tertiary institutions The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, declared on Tuesday that he would keep ensuring that his appointments are made based on merit rather than ethnic and religious biases. The governor, who stated this while performing...

Access Bank Plc has unveiled the second edition of its Womenpreneur Pitch-a-ton programme that offers female entrepreneurs in Africa access to finance, business trainings and mentoring opportunities. Ayona Trimnell, Group Head W Initiative, Access Bank, at the launch of the initiative on Tuesday in Lagos, said it was designed to...