archiveJune 2021

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Support Committee has suspended its National Coordinator, Senator Godswill Akpabio over what it describes as poor leadership. The committee which is an umbrella body of President Buhari support groups had a mandate to galvanise support for President Buhari’s re-election in 2019. Addressing journalists after a...

Lending his support to the global campaign against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Friday evening attended the premiere of a movie titled “The Silent Baron”, a film produced by Mr Ifeanyi Ukaeru, in partnership with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)to highlight the...

The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 2.56 per cent to close the week at 37,658.26 and N19.627 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NSE CG, NSE Banking, NSE Pension, NSE-AFR Bank Value, NSE AFR Div Yield, NSE MERI Growth, NSE Consumer...

  The Nigerian Army says its troops of 8 Division have eliminated an unspecified number of bandits in fierce encounters in Talata Marafa Local Government Areas of Zamfara. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that troops, while...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended the use of USSD code 55019 method of result verification. A statement from the Board reads: “It has come to the attention of the Board that the result checking on USSD code 550 19 is saddled with some challenges. “Consequently, the...

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, says the modular refinery in Ologbo, Ikpoba – Okha Local Government Area (LGA) of the state was ready for production. Obaseki stated this shortly after he was conducted round the facility by the Managing Director of the refinery, Mr Tim Tian. “We were in China...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the current sufferings visited on Nigerians will make them to chase the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government out of power in 2023. The governor made the assertion during the inauguration of Pabod Breweries By-Pass Road and Oginigba – Ordinance link...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his party, All Progressives Congress wants to leave behind a “legacy of transparency and fairness” as they are crucial to the survival of the party after he leaves office. Buhari said this  while meeting with the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) in the...

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government was not the sponsor of the bills purportedly meant to stifle the press. The minister stated this on Friday in Lagos in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) He said the bills concerning the...

Investors on the Nigerian bourse recorded a loss of N155 billion on Friday as the market capitalisation declined by N155 billion or 0.78 per cent to close at N19.626 trillion from N19.781 trillion posted on Thursday. The NGX All-Share Index also lost 296.09 points or 0.78 per cent to close...