archiveAugust 6, 2020

The Group Managing Director of FBN Holdings Plc, Mr. UK Eke, has said that the injection of N25 billion capital into the group commercial banking arm, FirstBank, is in line with the Group’s mandate of delivering greater value to shareholders and strengthening the resolve to consolidate its leadership in the...

The Federal Government has lifted its ban on non-contact outdoor sports. It also approved use of recreational parks for supervised physical exercise only. It emphasised recreational parks are not to be used for social interaction purposes, asking those unable to enforce this to remain closed. The National Coordinator of the...

Prices of potatoes have dropped in Kano metropolis amid low patronage of the produce, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports. A check by NAN at Yankura, Sabon Gari market on Thursday showed that prices of potatoes and other perishables had decreased by about 50 per cent. A big size...

The Organised Private Sector Coalition against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has commenced distribution exercise of palliatives worth N23billion targeted at 10 million Nigerians. Zouera Youssoufou, the CACOVID Administrator, made this known on Thursday. President Muhammadu Buhari had in May approved the opening of five COVID-19 Donor Accounts. In April, the Central Bank...

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state on Thursday condemned the defilement of a three-year-old girl, promising justice for the family of the minor. Sule made this known in Lafia during the inauguration of the State Action Plan (SAP) on United Nations Security Council Resolution on Women, Peace and Security (UNSCR...

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, met with pharmaceutical companies regarding a COVID-19 vaccine. At the virtual meeting with representatives of Pfizer & Biotech, Osinbajo stated that what was critical in the vaccine development is the health & safety of Nigerian citizens. Pfizer & Biotech are promoters of COVID-19 vaccine...

Police detectives in Apapa Area Command of Lagos State have intercepted a 40-foot container laden with drugs suspected to be tramadol and codeine. The container was intercepted on water and taken to a bonded terminal in Apapa. A team of officers from Customs and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency...

.says it's aimed at muzzling media The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the reviewed broadcast code introduced by the federal government. In a statement on Thursday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party said the code was another draconian measure to suppress free speech. The federal government had, on...

The Senior Pastor of the Household of God Church, Chris Okotie, has claimed that wearing face masks to church is against the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Okotie stated this in a 28-minute broadcast to his congregants sent via WhatsApp. The cleric also insisted he will not...

The Debt Management Office (DMO) on Thursday announced the resumption of its offer of the Federal Government of Nigeria Savings Bond (FGN Savings Bond) effective August 2020. The DMO, in a statement, said it was constrained to suspend the monthly offers of the FGN Savings Bond in April 2020 due...