archiveSeptember 2020

  Directs deputy to take charge The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ratified the removal from office of the Osun State Chairman of the party, Hon. Adesoji Adagunodo, following the validation of a vote of no confidence passed on him by the State Executive....

Coronation Asset Management on Tuesday said the country’s total mutual funds rose by 305 per cent in four years. Mr Guy Czartoryski, Head of Research, Coronation Asset Management, disclosed this at the virtual launch of its report titled: “The Shifting Appetite of the Nigerian Investor: From Savings to Mutual Funds.”...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange key market indicators on Tuesday sustained positive posture for the eighth consecutive trading session. Specifically, the All-Share Index appreciated further by 0.39 per cent or 104.12 points to close at 26,611.96 from 26,507.84 achieved on Monday. Similarly, the market capitalisation inched higher by N54 billion or...

An Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, has sentenced a 29-year-old man, Gbenga Aluko (aka Cherry), to death by hanging for his cult activities. The police had charged the convict with belonging to a prohibited society “Eiye confraternity’’, contrary to Section 4 of the Secret Cult (Abolition and...

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the receipt of a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari for the confirmation of appointments of Chairman, Director General and Commissioners of National Pensions Commission(PenCom). President of Senate, Ahmad Lawan, read the request as contained in a letter at plenary. Buhari in the letter said...

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has expressed appreciation as the Commercial Court in London ordered that the 200 million dollars used as a deposit by Nigeria in the P&ID case be returned to the Nigerian government. Malami, in a statement by Dr Umar...

  ...urges residents to go for testing The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) of the Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force, has released a list of locations where residents of the state can undertake COVID-19 tests across the state. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde, Mr. Taiwo...

The Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, September 28, 2020 arraigned the Education Secretary, Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Ishaka Abdullahi, before Justice Malami Umar Dogondaji of the state high court for fraud. He was arraigned on a six-count charge,...

    The Uyo Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, September 28, 2020 secured the conviction of 14 internet fraudsters on separate one count charge before Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River state. The convicts are; Victor...

In a bid to broaden and enhance the efficacy of the Federal Government’s whistleblower policy, there should be an expansion of the scope of the current framework to include issues of public safety, security, gross mismanagement of the rights of people, and waste of resources, among others, according to Vice...