archiveAugust 2020

  The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Monday, defended the nine priority areas that the President Muhammadu Buhari said his regime would pay attention to in his remaining three years in office. Shehu, in a statement made available to journalists, was reacting...

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Coourt, sitting in Ilorin, has convicted and sentenced Akinsanya Olamide Ridwan, a 400-level undergraduate of the University of Ilorin to three months community service for committing romance scam. The service requires him to clear the drainage at Bekind filing station near Tipper...

The Kwara State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ayinla Salman Jawondo has solicited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to assist the Kwara State Government in recovering funds and assets allegedly looted by corrupt individuals. Jawondo made the appeal on Monday, August 31, 2020 when he led a...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Port Harcourt Zonal office has secured the conviction of Lakeside Petroleum Retails and Logistic Limited for illegally dealing in petroleum products. The offence is contrary to Section 1 (18) of the Miscellaneous Offences Acts M17 of the Reverse Edition (Laws of Federation of...

 Access Bank Plc and its Group Managing Director, Herbert Wigwe, were recognised as winners of the ‘Agriculture Deal of the Year’ and ‘African Banker of the Year’ categories at the 2020 African Banker Awards. Access Bank was awarded for its role in helping Olam develop their rice operations in Nigeria...

  The nation’s bourse on Monday closed the last trading day of August with a growth of 0.07 per cent, following sustained positive sentiment. Specifically, the All-Share Index rose by 17.76 points or 0.07 per cent to close at 25, 327.13 compared with 25,309.37 achieved on Friday. Similarly, the market...

Oil prices nudged up on Monday, with Brent futures set to post a fifth straight monthly gain, as global stimulus measures underpin prices even as demand struggles to return to pre-COVID levels in a well-supplied market. Brent crude futures for November climbed 28 cents or 0.6 per cent to $46.09...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that public universities were not ready to re-open despite the National Universities Commission (NUC) asking them to prepare for resumption according to COVID-19 safety protocols. The union also questioned non-remittance of check-off dues from members’ salaries under the Integrated Personnel and...

To facilitate legislative processes to deliver more dividends of democracy to Nigerians, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated a Government Consultative Forum including representatives of the Executive and the legislative arms alongside APC party leaders. The forum expected to bring about harmonious working relationship between the executive and legislative arms...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday afternoon held a private meeting with General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye. The meeting was said to have taken off around 3pm in the President’s office. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and the Chief of Staff to...