archiveAugust 18, 2020

  The House of Representatives on Tuesday quizzed management of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over non-remittance of 25 per cent operating surplus out of the N19.355 billion revenue accrued between 2018 and 2020 fiscal years. Chairman, joint House Committee on Appropriations, Finance, Aids, Loans and Debt Management, Hon Abiodun...

  The African Union Commission has reacted to the arrest and detention of Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse by mutinying soldiers as it kicked against the arrests of Keita, Cisse and other officials which happened on Tuesday. Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki...

Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was detained on Tuesday by soldiers on mutiny in the capital Bamako, two security sources told Reuters. Soldiers had earlier in the day mutinied at the Kati military base about 15 km (9 miles) outside of Bamako and rounded up a number of senior civilian...

...virtual screening for Oyo State Pensioners in Diaspora *'Bill to upgrade Fire Service Unit to Agency under way' The Oyo State Executive Council, on Tuesday, approved the sum of N800 Million as counterpart fund for Oyo State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency. The fund, according to the administration, will...

Mr Sayina Rima, outgoing National President, Cocoa Association of Nigeria (CAN), has advocated investment of five per cent of oil revenue into cocoa production to develop the industry. Rima made the appeal on a webinar by Ships and Ports on the topic:“Maximising the Gains of Nigeria’s Cocoa Export”. According to...

 The key market indices of the nation’s bourse on Tuesday rebounded marginally by 0.02 per cent, due to gains posted by 16 stocks. Speficially, the All-Share Index rose by 3.82 points or 0.02 per cent to close at 25,136.49 compared with 25,132.67 achieved on Monday. Also, the market capitalisation grew...

The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday received a request from Governor Kayode Fayemi for the confirmation of seven commissioner-nominees The request was contained in a letter sent to the State House of Assembly and read during plenary session by the Speaker, Mr Funminiyi Afuye. On the list read...

  The Buhari administration is making progress tackling the problem of malnutrition in the country through the implementation of various intervention programmes, and increased funding, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Vice President disclosed this on Tuesday at the 2020 Virtual Conference on Nutrition in Nigeria, organized by...

…calls for calm in community The Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, gave marching orders to security operatives to ensure the re-arrest of Sunday Shodipe, the notorious suspect, alleged to be involved in the series of murders in Akinyele, who escaped from from police custody in Ibadan, on...

The Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has approved the appointment of Mr Francis Whyte Osabohien as the new General Manager of Delta Broadcasting Service (DBS), Asaba. The Governor has also approved the confirmation of the appointment of Mr Malcolm Nnamdi Oteri as the substantive General Manager of...