archiveAugust 20, 2021

The Federal Government has admonished “naysayers” to stop spewing negative and false narratives around Boko Haram members who are surrendering in droves in the North-East. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Washington....

  Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has said that the collaboration between FinTech and the capital market will effectively create a digital economy as well as increase financial inclusion and cashless payments. The Chief Executive Officer, NGX, ably represented by the Divisional Head, Trading Business at NGX, Jude Chiemeka, stated this...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reappointed Ishaq Oloyede as Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for a second term of five years. The President also approved the reappointment of Prof Abubakar Rasheed as Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission(NUC) for another five years and Hamid...

The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Friday traded 280.57 million shares worth N3.18 billion in 4,012 deals. This represented an increase of 39.01 per cent compared with 201.84 million shares valued at N1.68 billion traded in 3,274 deals on Thursday. Honey well Flour was the most active stock, trading 57.49 million...

The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to begin the second phase of its metering programme, tagged “National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP)”. This information is contained in a statement from the office of the Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Mr Ahmad Zakari, in Abuja on Friday. The statement said...

The Pan Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, on Friday slammed President Muhammadu Buhari over the planned review of 368 grazing reserves in the country.President Buhari had on Thursday approved the review of the grazing reserves in 25 states of the federation in a bid to determine the level of encroachment on...

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has denied alleged disbursement of N243.8 billion from the Paris Club refunds to states in the month of August. The NGF Secretariat disclosed this in a statement issued by its Head, Media and Public Affairs, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, on Friday in Abuja. Bello-Barkindo described the allegation...

Following the rising spate of insecurity in Jos and its environs, the Management of the University of Jos has suspended all academic activities in the institution till further notice. Mr Monday Danjem, the Registrar of the university, unveiled this development in a statement on Friday in Jos. According to Danjem,...

Prresident Muhammadu Buhari, has, upon the recommendation of Education Minister, Adamu Adamu, approved the reappointment of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Olanrewaju Oloyede and the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed. The two appointments are for a...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the President Muhammadu Buhari All Progressives Congress (APC) led administration has a failure. President Buhari on Thursday in Abuja during a meeting with service chiefs assured that he won’t leave office as a failure. PDP in a statement signed by its National Publicity...