archiveAugust 2020

In keeping to its commitment of providing a reliable and credible platform to support capital formation, the FMDQ Exchange has announced the approval and admission for listing of the United Capital PLC Series 1 ₦10.00 billion Fixed Rate Bond under its ₦30.00 billion Bond Programme and the LAPO MFB SPV...

Fidelity Bank Plc said it has reviewed its card spending limit downward as Nigeria grapples with a severe foreign exchange scarcity across various segment of its currency market. The bank in an email to customers, said that the spending limit for debit card would now be $300 monthly while that...

The Head of Service of the Federation (HoS), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, has ordered civil servants on grade levels 12 and 13 and those on essential services to resume duties as well as to be in office on every working day with effect from August 10, 2020. The directive followed the...

Patriots of the National Consultative Front (NCFront), Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba and Prof. Pat Utomi, have charged Nigerians to take back their country, reminding them that the time has come to show they hold the power and the future of the nation is in their hands. The movement’s joint chairmen...

Former presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mailafia Obadiah, has alleged that Boko Haram insurgents were plotting to start a civil war in Nigeria by 2022. Obadiah, who was a former deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), also disclosed this during an interview on Nigerian Info...

The Federal Government has unveiled N100 billion intervention fund for private school teachers, following the shutdown of schools. Disclosing this, the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba said private school teachers are eligible to access the COVID-19 fund. Nwajiuba spoke during the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 daily briefing in...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the instrument of accession of the agreement for establishment of the African Trade Insurance Agency. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, disclosed this on Monday evening. The agreement and the agency are registered with...

eTransact International Plc has notified shareholders of delayed submission of its 2020 half-year (H1) and second quarter financial statements to the Nigeria Stock Exchange and the Securities and Exchange Commission. This is contained in a statement signed by Mrs Chidinma Onwubere, the Company Secretary and made available to the News...

Dr Sani Aliyu, the Coordinator, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has said that positive cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) gradually coming down as the daily results now revolves around 400. He made this known at the daily briefing of the PTF on Monday in Abuja, warning, however, that the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured that security will be restored to the North-East and the nation at large, following the recent adoption of new strategies, and the acquisition of modern military equipment. The president gave the reassurance during a meeting with the five North-East State Governors, attended by Vice President...