archive2020

    The leaders of Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Wednesday, resolved the 15-year feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Aare OnaKakanfo of Yorubaland, Otunba Gani Adams. In a statement, the National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, said Obasanjo and Adams were reconciled at the Lekki residence...

 The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has said that Ondo State will benefit from the 200 million dollars World Bank Livestock Productivity and Resilience Project (L- PRES). The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, made this known on Thursday in Akure, the Ondo State capital....

  Zenith Bank Plc has emerged as Bank of the Year in Nigeria in The Banker’s Bank of the Year Awards 2020. The bank has also won the Most Valuable Banking Brand in Nigeria and the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital, also by The Banker. The award,...

 The President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mrs Toki Mabogunje, has projected that the Nigerian economy would end the year in a negative growth territory within the region of minus two per cent.Mabogunje said this at the LCCI’s 132nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday in Lagos. She...

  The Nigeria Police Force has extradited the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, from Niamey, Niger Republic. The fugitive was apprehended in the Nigerian capital on Monday, by the operatives of the NPF, International Criminal Police Organisation National Central Bureau, Abuja, in collaboration with...

 Dangote Oil Refinery has been listed among top 20 influential projects by the renowned Project Management Institute (PMI) for its potential to fuel Nigeria’s economic transformation from importer to self-sustaining powerhouse in petroleum refining. A statement signed on Thursday in Lagos by Mrs Roseline Okere, Internal Communications analyst, Dangote Industries,...

Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River on Thursday launched a special operation to flush out criminals from the state, especially kidnappers. Code-named “Operation Akpakwu”, the outfit draws personnel from the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps. To enhance the operations, the governor handed over...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced that the revised Stamp Duty on securities transactions to 0.08 per cent from 0.075 per cent, will take effect from Dec. 7. This is contained in a notice by the NSE made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has announced 122 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The public health Agency stated that the new infection were reported from 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory...

  The Ogun State Government has unveiled the first HIV self-test kits that will afford every individual the opportunity of doing Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) test in the comfort and privacy of their homes. The World Health Organisation (WHO) had in June 2013 issued consolidated guidelines on the use of...