archiveAugust 2021

  Nigerian households are reverting to the use of firewood as alternative cooking fuel as prices of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) or cooking gas and Kerosene continued to rise. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) the price of household kerosene rose to N520 per litre in some states...

Widow of Nigeria’s first military ruler, Lady Victoria Nwanyiocha Aguiyi-Ironsi, is dead. She was said to have died at 5.00am on Monday, exactly one day after her friend, age mate and wife of the former Premier of Eastern Nigeria, Adanma Okpara, died. Her husband, Gen. Johnson Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi, was the...

The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been drawn to a post on Instagram by one Dorothy Bachor, alleging that operatives of the Commission broke into her home in the early hours of today, 23rd August, 2021 The Commission can confirm that operatives from the Lagos...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said Nigeria logged 187,023 total confirmed COVID-19 infections as of August 22. The NCDC made this known via its website Monday morning, adding that the country reported 388 additional COVID-19 infections on August 22. It said the recent surge in infections was...

"We are empowering youths, lifting state from poverty to prosperity"- Gov Makinde as first batch of trainees graduates at CSS Integrated Farms Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, said on Friday that the state will expand the state's Youth Entrepreneurship in Agribusiness Project (YEAP) to enable the training of 10,000 youths...

The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared N760.717 billion as federation allocation for the month of July. This is contained in a statement by Mr Oshundun Olajide, Deputy Director (Information), Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning on Friday. The statement noted that the meeting was held virtually. He...

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...