archiveOctober 2021

A Cambridge University college said on Friday that it would return a looted bronze cockerel to Nigeria later this month, making it the first U.K. institution to hand back one of the artifacts known as the Benin Bronzes. According to The Washington Post quoting AP, Jesus College announced in 2019...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday recorded 167 new cases and two additional deaths from the coronavirus pandemic. This is contained in data released by NCDC on Saturday morning. The Public Health Agency said that with the new fatalities, the death toll from the virus in the...

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti state, on Friday reiterated his adminitration’s commitment to implement programmes and policies that would continue to meet the yearnings of the people of the State. Fayemi made the commitment in Ado-Ekiti at a special Juma’at prayer and thanksgiving service marking the third anniversary of his...

The Permanent Secretary, Political and Economic Affairs in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Andrew Adejo, has said that a divided Nigeria cannot survive and prosper. Adejo, who is also the Secretary, inter-ministerial Committee on “Nigeria at 60” awards, said this in an...

say economic recovery uncertain The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at its 2021 Annual General Meeting, appraised global economic recovery which they said is fraught with several uncertainties. A communique issued at the end of the meeting on October 15, disclosed that an estimated 100 million people...

The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 1.39 per cent and 1.54 per cent to close the week at41,438.15  and N21.625 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX ASeM Index which closed flat. A total 45 equities appreciated in price during the...

  Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, an Afrobeat megastar, the eldest son of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has commended Fearless energy drink for sponsoring this year's Felabration as talented artistes being energized by the leading brand came up with electrifying performance at the musical show held on the second day of the one-week event. Femi,...

  The Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group) listing lifted the market capitalisation of Nigerian Exchange Ltd (NGX) by N192 billion.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NGX Group listed a total of 1.96 billion shares at N16.15 per share by way of introduction on the NGX on Friday. Consequently,...

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, October 15, 2021, granted the application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking to discontinue the matter in Suit No. FHC/L/ CS, 1086/2021 involving the N20bn Kogi State Salary bail-out loan. The application,...

  The Federal Government of Nigerian has released the revised travel protocol into Nigeria effective Monday, 25th October, 2021. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee and Secretary to Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, issued a statement on Friday. The SGF said travelers arriving in Nigeria must present a negative...