archiveNovember 25, 2021

The Nigerian stock market extended its losing streak on Thursday by 0.32 per cent due to losses in some highly capitalised stocks. Accordingly, the All-Share Index declined by 136.25 per cent, representing a decrease of 0.32 per cent to close at 43,108.77 from 43,245.02 posted on Wednesday. Consequently, the month-to-date...

VP commends outgoing NEPC CEO, Segun Awolowo on Zero-Oil Plan foresight Export Development Fund activated for the first time through Buhari’s ESP - Awolowo Focusing on non-oil exports, with the Zero-Oil Plan actively promoted by the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Nigeria is on the right path to economic diversification,...

  A preliminary analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that three out four of African health workers have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Making this disclosure at a virtual news conference on Thursday, WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti disclosed that only 27 per cent...

The fraud trial of Nicholas Mutu Ebomo, former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, continued on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 before Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the fourth prosecution witness, Adamu Yusuf, an operative of the Economic...

Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja has adjourned the fraud trial of Emmanuella Eteta Ita, Head of Stakeholders Unit of the Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS till January 31, 2022 and February, 2022 for a trail-within-trial to determine the voluntariness of the first defendant’s statement to...

The mother of Princess Adeola Ogunwusi, daughter of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has refuted the claims that the king raised her daughter as a single parent. This comes as a response to the Ooni’s post on his official Instagram and Facebook pages when he celebrated Princess...

  Outgoing UN Resident Coordinator to President, VP: I am impressed with your leadership Retired Generals tasked with defence & armed forces reform visit VP for counsel For those fortunate enough to be elected to lead the people, engaging with them is not only an important concern but an aspiration....

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated former Vice president, Atiku Abubakar, as he marked his 75th birthday. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Thursday, said it was proud of Abubakar. The PDP described him as an irrepressible democrat, who...

  An economist, Dr Abayomi Awujola, has said that cooperative societies contributed over N500 billion to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2020. Awujola, Head of Department, Economics, Bingham University, Abuja, stated this during a paper presentation at the North East regional meeting of Presidents of the Cooperative Societies of...

A Popular activist and anti-#EndSARS lawyer, Kenechukwu Okeke has been reported dead. Okeke became popular for suing celebrities such as Falz, Sam Adeyemi, Davido, Flavour, and others for leading the EndSARS protests in the country in 2020. Okeke who is said to be a staunch supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari,...