archiveMay 2021

    The NSE All-Share Index and Market Capitalization on the Nigerian bourse appreciated by 1.36 per cent to close the week at 39,834.42 and N20.847 trillion respectively. All other indices finished higher with the exception of NSE CG, NSE Banking, NSE-AFR Bank Value, NSE AFR Div Yield, NSE MERI...

Rite Foods Limited, a truly world-class and proudly Nigerian Food and Beverage Company, through its Bigi premium brand, is sponsoring the highly exciting Nigerian Idol Season 6, to pave way for the discovery of music talents among young Nigerians as well as the promotion of the entertainment industry in the...

    The year 2020 will remain indelible in the annals of history due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the world. The pandemic brought the world into exceptionally difficult and largely uncharted waters. In no time, the whole world came to a standstill with lockdowns, global recession,...

University of Lagos (UNILAG) has announced June 30 to July 9 as days set aside for activities lined up for its 51st Convocation ceremony (2019). This is contained in a statement by Mrs. Nonye Oguama, Principal Assistant Registrar, Corporate Affairs. The statement said a pre-convocation news conference that will herald...

Nigeria’s foremost agric lender, Unity Bank Plc, has sustained the growth momentum demonstrated in its 2020 full year earnings as it recorded an impressive performance of 43 per cent in both profit before and after tax in Q1-2021. In the Bank’s unaudited Q1-2021 results submitted to the Nigerian Stock Exchange...

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Elizabeth Modupe Osunjuyigbe, an employee of Access Bank Plc, for an alleged fraudulent diversion of funds to the tune of over N34 million (Thirty-four Million Naira). The suspect, who was arrested on Friday April 30,...

 The Acting Inspector General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the deployment of Mr Christopher Owolabi, as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the Police Command in Anambra. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 55 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,110. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. The agency said that the 55 new infections with no death were reported in...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, salutes Nigerian workers and felicitates with them as they join the rest of the world in commemorating the International Workers Day. Lawan notes the significance of May 1, which has been set aside every year to celebrate workers as the creators of wealth...

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has urged the Nigerian youths not to be discouraged following the many challenges facing the nation but rather “have hope for a brighter future for the nation”. Obaseki stated this on Friday in Benin at a dinner party organised for Team Edo which took part...