archiveSeptember 2021

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says  three people died as a result of COVID-19 complications, while 466 news cases was recorded on Friday. The NCDC confirmed this in an update on its Facebook page on Saturday morning.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new 466...

The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization depreciated by 0.86 per cent to close the week at 38,921.78 and N20.279 trillion respectively. All indices finished lower with the exception of NGX Consumer Goods, NGX Oil/Gas and NGX Sovereign Bond indices which appreciated by 0.18%, 2.28% and 0.26% respectively, while the...

Shareholders of Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (NGX Group or the Group), formerly The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), today, 9 September 2021, voted in support of the resolutions presented by the Group at its 60th Annual General Meeting (AGM). The meeting, which is the first AGM of the Group as a...

  Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has distributed confiscated phones and accessories worth N100 million to security agencies in Kano. Speaking at the occasion, Director-General of SON, Malam Faruk Salim, said that the gesture was aimed at improving security, surveillance and communication in the state. Salim, represented by an official...

 Men of the Ondo State Command of the South-West Security Network, code-named, “Amotekun” have rescued nine of the 12 abducted Lagos-bound travellers by suspected gunmen in the state.The state Commander of Amotekun, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, told newsmen in Akure on Thursday that the victims were rescued after his men responded...

Many will continue to celebrate the life and times of late Pa Emmanuel Abiodun, not just because of his achievements, but because of the inheritance he left for hundreds of thousands of people, including his own children, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this today at...

 President Muhammadu Buhari says he will want to be remembered as the president who stabilised Nigeria in the areas of security, economic prosperity and triumph over corruption. The president stated this at a townhall meeting with South East leaders during his one-day official visit to Imo on Thursday. According to...

  Police in Ogun State say they are  collaborating with other security agencies to rescue three workers of former President Olusegun Obasanjo abducted by kidnappers.The three employees of Obasanjo Holdings were abducted by gunmen on Wednesday at a community in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. Police spokesman, DSP...

  The nation’s bourse extended losing streak to four consecutive trading sessions on Thursday with the All-Share Index contracting further by 0.01 per cent on sustained sell-offs of banking stocks.The performance was buoyed by investors’ profit-taking sentiments in all the major sectors except oil & gas stocks. Specifically, the All-Share...

Double Celebrations : On Wednesday, the PFN President, Bishop Francis Wale Oke clocked 65, while the General Overseer of RCCG, Pastor E.A Adeboye and his wife, Pastor Mrs Folu Adeboye, marked their 54th wedding anniversary. To celebrate the day, the two families had a photograph at Redemption Camp, Lagos. From...