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  Nigeria on Friday registered 796 new cases, highest single -day COVID-19 infections in 24 hours, the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) said on its verified website. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new infections showed an increase of 51 cases over the previous record of...

The Senate has approved the restoration of Abraka State Constituency in Ethiope East Local Government Area from the present Ethiope East State Constituency, in line with the orders of the Federal High Court. The approval was reached in resolutions reached by the Upper Chamber following consideration of a motion sponsored...

The police have arrested two suspected members of a trans-national kidnap syndicate involved in the abduction of an American citizen, Philippe Walton, on October 28, 2020, at his farm in Masalata village, Republic of Niger. Walton was rescued by the American Special Forces in Sokoto State, in which six of...

...earmarks N834 Million for bursary, scholarships in proposed 2021 budget ...as Makinde appoints ex-Speaker chairman of state's scholarship board The Oyo State Government has begun the payment of N500,000 bursary to each of the 233 indigenes of the state in the Nigerian Law School for the 2020/2021 Session. The state...

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has referred the nominations of Ahmed Kuru as Managing Director; Ebelechukwu Uneze; and Aminu Ismail as Executive Directors of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to the Committee in Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions for screening. Also forwarded to the Committee on Thursday...

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control ((NCDC) on Thursday called for more sensitisation on the COVID-19 pandemic and regretted that many health workers, who should champion the campaign, were still doubting its existence. “Health workers should create awareness on COVID-19, but many of them still doubt its existence. We must...

The President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mrs Toki Mabogunje, has urged government at all levels to put in place measures to revamp the paper and pulp sector in the country. Mabogunje spoke at the ongoing Lagos International Trade Fair, at an event where FAE Limited, Nigeria’s leading paper...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured the airline operators that the National Assembly will ensure that the Aviation sector is protected and supported. Lawan stated this in a welcome address delivered when executives of the Airline Operators of Nigeria paid a visit to him at the National Assembly...

Consistent with its commitment to improving financial literacy and enhancing retail investors' participation in the Nigerian capital market, The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), in collaboration with Money Africa and United Capital Securities, will host a virtual Investors’ workshop on Tuesday, 15 December 2020. The webinar with the theme, “Understanding Stock...

  The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Skystone Capital & Investment Ltd., Mr Ola Olabinjo, has identified debt capital financing as the major solution to the country's infrastructure deficit. Olabinjo explained that the country's infrastructure deficit and needs cannot be addressed with yearly budgetary allocations. Speaking at a meeting in...