archiveJuly 2020

The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amechi has observed that the investigations of loans taken by the Federal Government could send wrong signal to the lenders. Ameachi made tthe observation at an investigative hearing organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements in Abuja. He said...

• Evaluates the institution assets at N100bn The forced marriage between Oyo and Osun States governments that gave birth to the joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, may soon be divorced as panel set up by both state governments to look at the peaceful...

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...