archiveAugust 2021

The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja that it has appealed the bail granted four of the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, (aka Sunday Igboho). According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports, when the matter was called,...

Former Kaduna Central Senator Shehu Sani has condemned the bandits’ attack on the nation's premier military institution in Kaduna. The bandits had in large numbers stormed the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Tuesday morning, killing two officers and kidnapping one others. Reacting to this on his Facebook wall, Shehu Sani...

The speaker of Kebbi State House of Assembly Ismail Abdulimuminu Kamba has been impeached. The House Committee Chairman on information Mohammed Tukur Shanga disclosed Kamba’s impeachment to journalists at the House of Assembly complex on Tuesday. He said that impeachment is become necessary due to the irregularities and failure to...

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) has confirmed the attack on the institution by bandits, saying its security architecture was compromised. A statement on Tuesday in Kaduna by the Public Relations Officer of the Academy, Maj. Bashir Jajira said two officers were killed while one was abducted. Jajira said the Academy...

  The value of the securities lending market of Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited has risen to N513Million as at 20 August 2021. According to NGX’s most recent report, there has been an uptick in stakeholders’ participation as 2.3 million units of MTNN valued at N395.6 million was borrowed. Securities lending...

   The Federal Ministry of Women Affairs (FMWA) says it is planning to collaborate with the media on dissemination of information on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) at the grassroots. Mrs Friya Bulus, Director, Gender Affairs in the ministry, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), Monday stated that the ban on open grazing will be enforced when the law on the matter is finally put in place. Akeredolu said this when the newly posted Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Ene Okon, in charge of Zone 17, paid...

  *VP urges private sector to join advocacy for just global energy transition *Congratulates Sahara Group on 25th anniversary The passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill, as well as Nigeria’s gas initiatives, will help transform Nigeria into a gas-based industrialized nation and also create a better-managed petroleum industry with more...

  The market indices of the nation’s bourse, opened trading for the week on Monday with a loss of 0.12 per cent, following sell pressure in Lafarge Africa and PZ Cussons.Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N20.571 trillion, lost N25 billion or 0.12 per cent to close at N20.546...

The incumbent caretaker secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Rasaq Salinsile, has been arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court for conspiracy and assault. He was arraigned on Monday alongside six others including the chairman of the Osun Progressives, Lowo Adebiyi, Kazeem Salami, a former Commissioner for...