archiveSeptember 2021

The Federal Government has fixed  Sept. 30, as new date for the Nigeria at 60 Jubilee Special Award ceremony. The ceremony will be held at the Presidential Banquet Hall, Aso Villa. Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, made this known in a statement  issued by  his  Special Assistant on Media,...

  Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said that the Ibeju-Lekki axis of the state is prospering richly due to prophetic utterances of the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Sanwo-Olu said this after watching a stage musical drama performance titled ‘Awo: The Man, His Jewel And…’, produced by The Duke...

  The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Ogun II Area Command, Abeokuta on Monday disclosed that it generated N13,7 billion from January to August. Comptroller Saleh Bala, of the command made this known during the working visit of the Zonal Coordinator Zone A, ACG Module Aremu, in Abeokuta. Bala said that...

  The Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr Uche Ogah, has decried the absence of support from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the development of mines and solid mineral sector.The minister made his views known at a two-day public hearing organised by the Senate Committee...

 Trading at the domestic bourse started the week on Monday still on negative mood, taking the bearish sentiment to six consecutive trading sessions.The price depreciation was due to profit-taking sentiments in all the major sectors except the consumer goods and banking sectors. Specifically, the All-Share Index shed 6.16 points or...

Amaju Pinnick, President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Monday commended Kesington Adebutu, Chairman of Premier Lotto Ltd., over the renovation of the National Stadium, Lagos and contribution to sports development in Nigeria. The commendation came on the heels of a four-year partnerships between NFF and the gaming company as the...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee has announced October 2 as the date for the conduct of State Congresses to put in place substantive executive in its state chapters. National Secretary, APCECPC, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe made the disclosure in a statement on Monday. The statement...

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and African Union Commission (AUC) have projected remittances to African countries to fall by 5.4 per cent from $44 billion in 2020 to $41 billion in 2021, due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings of the Continental Migration Report 2021....

Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Interior on Monday disclosed that a soldier and a police officer lost their lives while two armed guards of the Custodial Centre remain missing when heavily armed gunmen attacked the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC) in Kabba, Kogi State, and set free 224 inmates. Haliru...

The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has said that the Federal Government has spent N6 trillion on the terrorism war since 2008. Bawa said this on Friday while presenting a paper titled, ‘Combating Crime, Corruption and Implication for Development and Security,’ at the 38th Cambridge...