archiveOctober 2021

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday hailed the police and the Nigerian Army for the role they played in the #EndSARS protests last year, even as he maintained that the incident at the Lekki toll plaza last year was a “phantom massacre with no bodies”....

The Nigerian equities market closed trading on Wednesday after the public holiday on a positive note with the market capitalisation improving by N55 billion. The bullish performance was buoyed by investors’ bargain hunting in the industrial goods and insurance sectors. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened N21.471 trillion rose by...

  All is now set for the various activities to mark this year’s Ecobank Day across 33 African countries where it operates. The Ecobank Day which is a flagship annual event when staff of the pan African bank show commitment and give back to local communities where the bank has...

  By Uchenna Eletuo, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The calm ambience currently being experienced at the exotic Lagos Lekki toll gate one year after the #EndSARS protest that erupted in October 2020 speaks volume of feats a society can accomplish when people act in unison. For years since its...

The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, October 18, 2021, arraigned one Olaniyan Gbenga Amos ( aka Crime Alert ) and his company, Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on a...

 The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) rejoices with Yakubu Gown on his  87th Birthday. Mr Daramola Bade CAN’s General Secretary signed made this known in a statement to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. “God has been so gracious to you sir since your days in the military,...

    The trial of Ibrahim Abdulsalami, a former Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, and others for an alleged N2.8bn fraud before Justice Babs Kuewumi at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos could not continue today, Wednesday, October 20, 2021 due to the absence of a counsel...

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has urged young Nigerians to get involved in politics.He said this was necessary because transforming a society depended largely on those who occupied public offices. His spokesman, Laolu Akande, said the vice-president made the submissions at a virtual session where he interacted with Nigerian fellows of...

  The Ondo State Government has vowed to enforce the no vaccination card, no access to its offices. Mr Segun Odusanya, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, disclosed this on Wednesday at a meeting with the staff of the Ministry in Akure. He said the presentation of...

  The Monday Diamond Foundation (MDF), a socio-political and philanthropic group, says agitations will be better addressed with a restructured Nigeria.The Secretary of the Foundation, Mr Chukwuma Okenwa, made this known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of “The South-East Debate 2021” on Wednesday...