archiveSeptember 2020

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic has said it would be multiplying testing for the virus during a planned ‘testing week’, in commemoration of Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day Anniversary celebration. Chairman of the PTF and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Boss Mustapha, who stated this...

The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chike Ihekweazu, has said that the reopening of schools and airports would lead to an upsurge in COVID-19 transmission. He made this position known on Monday during a media briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, said out...

Even as the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost Saturday’s governorship election, it has congratulated the victor, Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Chairman of the APC National Caretaker Committee, Mr. Mala Buni, says that the peaceful conduct of the election and its outcome represents a victory...

A Nigerian Army commander identified as Colonel DC Bako, has been killed by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. The senior military officer lost his life on Monday in an ambush set up by the insurgents, according to a report by HumAngle. Bako was Commander of Sector 2, Operation Lafiya...

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says the Federal Government has spent a total of N8.94 trillion on oil subsidy between 2006 and 2015. The agency disclosed this in a document on subsidy payment released in Abuja on Monday. It said that the subsidy was paid to oil marketers...

  A former governor of Kano State, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso gave kudos to the people of Edo State for the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki and in the governorship election, saying "the true choice of the people had prevailed." He said the warning by the United States and United Kingdom to...

  commends contractor for the pace of work says Alternative Project Funding Approach is working The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Monday, inspected two ongoing projects in the state, where he declared that the Alternative Projects Funding Approach(APFA) instituted by his administration remains the best to hasten...

Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, Nigeria’s capital market infrastructure, sustains cyber-security advocacy as it sensitizes financial market participants on rising rate of cybercrime. In a webinar organized by CSCS, financial market stakeholders, including bankers and capital market operators dialogued on innovative measures for preventing cybercrimes, dire need for increased...

 The market indicators of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed transactions for the week on Monday with a marginal growth of 0.01 per cent, amid cautious trading. Speficially, the market capitalisation which opened the week at N13.364 trillion rose by one billion naira or 0.01 per cent to close at...

The Federal Government says it is reforming and commercialising  the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) to address the agency’s teething challenges and reposition it for improved performance. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known on Monday in Abuja while inaugurating a Steering Committee for the Reform...