archiveSeptember 2020

  says ’Soyinka, a consistent critic’ The Presidency has debunked assertions that the President Muhmmadu Buhari-led administration has divided Nigeria along fault lines of ethnicity and religion. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina debunked the claims on Wednesday on a Channels Television political and current affairs programme,...

The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), led by Prof. Itse Sagay has described as fraud a proposed bill for the amendment of the establishment Act of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and called on Nigerians and the National Assembly to reject it. Sagay declared that even the...

 The Osun State government has closed one the isolation centres in the state as the Covid-19 pandemic curve is said to be flattening within its border. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode, who announced the closure...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Wednesday based on the effect of coronavirus crisis on air travel, Nigerian and other African economies may lose 3.5 million aviation jobs, triggering a contraction of continental Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by $35 billion at end of 2020. Until the pandemic outbreak,...

  The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it generated a total sum of N742,471,639,376. 96 billion for the Federal Government from  January to August 2020. Mr Sarki Auwalu, Director, DPR  made the disclosure during a visit of the Federal House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) to the...

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has deployed no fewer than 13,3111  personnel alongside 60 sniffer dogs to ensure security during the Sept. 19 Edo governorship election. Mr Abdullahi Gana, Commandant General NSCDC, disclosed this in a statement made available to the  News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the transmission of a Proceeds of Crime Recovery and Management Agency Bill to the National Assembly to facilitate the establishment of an Agency for recovered assets. The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, stated this when he briefed State House...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) extended losing streak on Wednesday,  with a loss of 0.19 per cent, amid sell pressure. The NSE All-Share Index shed 47.65 points or 0.19 per cent to close at 25,550.31 compared with 25,597.96 recorded on Tuesday. Similarly, the market capitalisation which opened at N13.354 trillion...

Sensitive materials for the conduct of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo arrived the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), office in Benin on Wednesday. Mr Timidi Wariowei, the INEC Head of Voter Education and Publicity in Edo, confirmed the arrival of the materials to newsmen. “The materials for the conduct of...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has given the Federal Government two weeks to reverse the increases in the price of petrol and electricity tariffs or face industrial action from 28 September 2020. This comes as the Federal Government expressed optimism about an early resolution of the brewing industrial crisis. The...