archiveSeptember 2020

  The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1, as a public holiday to commemorate Nigeria’s 60th Independence Day anniversary. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians on the celebration of the country’s Diamond Jubilee and assured them...

  A former governor of Osun State and pioneer Interim Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande has said that the Yoruba will be in war for a century if it breaks away from Nigeria, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported. The stateman also appealed to those...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approval-in-principle the application of Sterling Bank Plc to restructure from a stand-alone commercial bank to a holding company (holdco) structure. A regulatory filing obtained by the bank indicates that the bank has already commenced the process to obtain the final approval for...

  Nigeria recorded 136 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 58,460. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. The new infections, the centre said, were reported in 12 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)....

    A Jos High Court on Tuesday dismissed an application by former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafia, seeking to stop Police from investigating him. Mailafia was invited by the police for questioning at the Force Headquarters Abuja, last month. The police said...

Justice Samirah Bature of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday ordered a serving Senator, Elisha Abbo, to pay the sum of N50 million as compensation to Mrs Osimibibra Warmate for assaulting her last year, Abbo was caught in the act via a CCTV camera inside...

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said on Monday that the commission has uncovered the diversion of N2.67 billion meant for school feeding programme in federal colleges to personal accounts. Owasanoye, who disclosed this in his keynote address at the...

 The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed trading on Monday with a growth of N99 billion following gains by some blue chips. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N13.754 trillion inched higher by N99 billion or 0.72 per cent to close at N13.853 trillion. Also, the NSE All-Share Index grew...

The Federal Government is set to conduct a census of all businesses in the country, to ensure accurate statistical representation, operations and contribute to policymaking for national development. Mr Clem Agba, Minister of State, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, made this known at the National Bureau of Statistics...

  Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has expressed his readiness to partner with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) toward the development of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the state. Ikpeazu made this known on Monday, when officials of the stock exchange paid him a courtesy visit at the...