archiveOctober 2021

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday launch the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), called eNaira, marking the formal start of the operation of the digital version of the Nigerian Naira (NGN). The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had had earlier fixed October 1 for the launching, but it was shifted...

The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 0.78 per cent to close the week at 41,763.26 and N21.794 trillion respectively. However, all other indices finished lower with the exception of NGX Main Board, NGX 30, NGX Banking, NGX Oil/Gas, NGX Industrial Goods and NGX Sovereign Bond indices which...

as gov attends Fayose's son's wedding Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, reiterated his belief in politics without bitterness, warning that no one should lose his life supporting politicians. Makinde, who stated this at the wedding ceremony of one of the sons of former Ekiti State governor and chieftain...

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered an additional 159 new COVID-19 infections and one death across 13 states of the federation on Saturday.The NCDC in an update shared on its website on Sunday morning, said the country’s fatality toll from the virus now stood at 2,856. The...

A human rights lawyer, Chief Gabriel Giwa-Amu, said Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s initiatives when he was Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Lagos State saved many inmates at various correctional centres in the state. Giwa-Amu, who is also CEO of Stephen and Solomon Foundation, a Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) that offers...

commissions Reddington Hospital's new state-of-the-art health facility in Lagos says such investments can reverse trend of "doctors voting with their feet." Nigeria is not just a country that has world-class talent, world-class ideas and world-class execution of ideas, with more investments in its health sector, it will also make the...

The Nigerian Institution of Civil Engineers (NICE) for the first time organised a national Open Defecation Design Competition for all Civil Engineering Students in Tertiary Institutions. The competition was conducted in Asaba, the Delta State capital recently under the leadership of the National Chairman of the Institution, Engr. Dr. Jang...

  In a surprisingly crowded week, President Muhammadu Buhari vows to sustain the nation’s democratic order and do the needful in terms of ensuring that governorship election holds in Anambra on Nov. 6.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) had threatened to lockdown...

  The Federal Government has blamed the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, for the murder of Chike Akunyili, the widower of the late Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, Prof. Dora Akunyili. The government further accused Kanu of being responsible...

Ahead of the commencement of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland next week, the GMD/CEO of NNPC Ltd, Mallam Mele Kyari has advocated for the consideration of what he calls “energy justice” in the implementation of energy transition. Discussions on countries transiting to less...