archiveAugust 20, 2020

The Nigeria Police Force has called on all candidates who successfully completed the online recruitment registration exercise, in the ongoing recruitment of constables, to proceed for physical and credential screening scheduled to hold between 24th August, 2020 and 6th September, 2020, across the federation. According to a statement by the...

...urges peaceful coexistence Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has felicitated Muslim faithful in the state on account of the New Year Hijrah 1442 AH, which begins Friday, 21 August, 2020. He wished Muslims in the state, Nigeria and across the world a new year filled with blessings and benevolence...

 Trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintained positive trend on Thursday for the third consecutive day, as its indices increased further by 0.13 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index increased by 33.28 points 0.13 per cent to close at 25,204.60 compared with 25,171.32 achieved on Wednesday. As a result,...

The National Economic Council (NEC) says 16 states have so far received N100 million grant each from the World Bank to ease the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown. Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa virtually briefed State House correspondents after the virtual NEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Nigerian international, Daniel Amokachi, as the Special Assistant on Sports. According to his letter of appointment dated August 17, 2020, and signed by Mr. Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, stated “I am pleased to inform you that Muhammadu Buhari,...

  FG will ban countries that have banned Nigerians   International inbound passengers will be limited to 1280, the Federal Government has declared. According to the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, only 1280 passengers will be allowed to fly into Murtala Muhammed International airport in Lagos and Nnamdi Azikwe...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N13.3 billion for community policing across Nigeria. This was disclosed during the virtual meeting of National Executive Council (NEC) Chaired by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. A statement by Laolu Akande on behalf of Osinbajo said the fund was aimed at fighting insecurity in Nigeria....

The new Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr Lamido Yuguda, on Thursday vowed to clamp down on illegal operators luring unsuspecting investors in the market. Yuguda said  this in an address delivered at the first Capital Market Committee (CMC) meeting in 2020. The CMC is a medium...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will oppose any postponement of Edo and Ondo State governorship elections. The PDP National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus at a news conference in Abuja,  said the September 19 scheduled for Edo and October 10 for Ondo governorship elections should be sacrosanct. Secondus...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 says Nigeria’s infrastructure can undertake 15, 000 COVID-19 tests daily. Mr Boss Mustapha, the Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), said this in Abuja on Thursday at the daily briefing. While calling on Nigerians to get...