archiveJuly 19, 2021

 Transaction on the Nigerian stock market closed on a positive note ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration with a marginal growth of 0.01 per cent.Specifically, the All-Share Index rose by 5.47 per cent to close at 37,952.65 against 37,947.18 achieved on Friday. Similarly, the market capitalisation rose by two billion naira...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has partnered with some cyber security stakeholders to launch a new cyber awareness campaign tagged ‘#NoGoFallMaga’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the initiative was launched in collaboration with Committee of Chief Information Security Officers of the Nigeria Financial Industry (CCISONFI)...

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for declaring that it has the capacity to transmit results electronically. Okowa made the commendation in Asaba on Monday while receiving the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Delta, Pastor Monday Udoh-Tom, and his management team. The...

  Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have eliminated three Boko Haram terrorists and arrested scores of their fighters, informants and logistics suppliers in recent encounters in the North East theatre of operation. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu...

As Muslims in the country mark Eid el-Kabir, Rite Foods Limited, a leading brand in the food and beverage sector of the Nigerian economy, has urged the faithful to always sustain the virtues of love, tolerance, and brotherhood which the Islamic religion upholds. It is also a time for mutual...

Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo received a hero’s welcome when returned to base on Monday morning after his close shave with death in the hands of blood-thirsty bandits in the forest of Zamfara State. “Welcome the Aggressor!” his fellow airmen hailed him as he alighted from a rescue helicopter belonging to...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Muslims over their Eid El-Adha festival, adding that flood and insecurity caused the increase in rams, cows, and other food prices. In his message marking the Muslim occasion, the President restated the determination of his administration to create a just, harmonious and prosperous country...

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, July 19, 2021 ruled that a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, has a case to answer in the N29 billion fraud charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Nyako is being prosecuted by the EFCC...

..urges them to reflect on essence of festival, adhere to COVID-19 protocols Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, has congratulated Muslim faithful in the state, Nigeria and across the globe on the occasion of 2021 Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The governor, who called for tolerance and religious harmony at all times, urged Islamic...

Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court today Monday July 19, 2021 granted a final Order, forfeiting the sum of N1, 362,675,353.56 (One Billion, Three Hundred and Sixty Two Million, Six Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand, Three Hundred and Fifty Three Naira, Fifty Six Kobo) to the Federal Government...