archiveAugust 2020

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has appointed cycle two Product Advisory Committees across different product lines – Equities, Fixed Income, Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Derivatives. According to a press statement from The Exchange, the Committees are made up of renowned professionals with expertise, experience and footprint in local and...

 Chelsea have bolstered their defence by bringing in Thiago Silva, with the former Paris St Germain centre back signing a one-year contract plus an option of a further 12 months. The English Premier League (EPL) club announced on Friday. The 35-year-old Brazilian defender joins the west London club, coached by...

Ten children have been killed in a lightning strike while sheltering from a storm during a football game in northern Uganda, police said on Friday. The boys, aged 11 to 16, had been sheltering from a storm in a makeshift structure in Arua city, northwest of the capital Kampala on...

  Two yet-to-be-identified persons lost their lives on Friday when a helicopter crashed into a building on Salvation Road, in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. The pilot was said to be conveying two passengers to a destination in the state when the tragedy struck around 12.17 pm. The General...

  The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 296 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC, which made this known on its official twitter handle on Thursday, added that only one death was recorded in the country. It said till date, 53,317 cases had been confirmed, 40,726...

The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Akwa Ibom chapter has directed its members to boycott a press conference planned for a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. In a statement on Friday, the chapter asked journalists not to attend any activity organised by the former Minister. Fani-Kayode, who is in...

Lionel Messi has been told he lacks respect and the only condition that will see him leave Barcelona peacefully is if he pays the club £628million to cancel Barcelona contract, Mirror reports. Reports from tycsports.com indicate that the Argentine maestro made his intentions to leave Barca known via a bureaufax...

Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA) Ondo State, has reduced its school fees. This information is contained in a circular issued by Mr. Opeoluwa Akinfemiwa, the acting registrar of the institution, yesterday in Akungba Akoko. “I write on the directive of the Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olugbenga E. Ige, to...

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the Federal Government will support the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC), to meet international standards in researches into the development of a vaccine for the Coronavirus. Ehanire said this at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 joint briefing...

  The domestic bourse halted its bullish run on Thursday to record first loss in six consecutive trading sessions. Consequently, market capitalisation shed N13 billion to close N13.201 trillion against N13.214 trillion achieved on Wednesday. Also, the All-Share Index lost 25.85 points or 0.10 per cent to close at 25,304.25...