archiveNovember 2021

  Profit-taking activities continued on Thursday in the Nigerian equities market as investors lost N33 billion on sell-offs in 23 stocks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the market capitalisation dipped N33 billion or 0.15 per cent to close at N22.589 trillion against N22.622 trillion on Wednesday. Also,...

 Three schools in Oyo State with the best results in 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) have received $5000 award and endowment fund book prizes for their outstanding performance.The prize for the overall best student in the 2020 WASCE was also awarded to Miss Victory Yinka-Banjo who attended Princeton College...

 The Federal Government on Thursday began the payment of N1.8 billion to 58,963 households in Benue, under its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme.The programme kicked off at Daudu, in Guma Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the scheme, one Federal Government’s National...

Bandits operating in Katsina State have killed not less than 213 victims from July to October 2021 in 153 operations in different parts of the state within the period, even it was disclosed that they now use Radio Frequency Walkie-Talkie Transreceivers for communication among themselves. The Secretary to the State...

  Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), one of the members of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters, has raised the alarm that members of the panel are being unfairly persecuted by some state government officials over the report that protesters...

The United States of America Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, is currently meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Blinken who arrived at the Presidential Villa a few minutes before 4:00 pm, was received at the forecourt...

  The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has urged Nigerians to drop the negative habit of cell-phone snapping or video of an accident scene but rather help to rescue the victims to safety. The Sector Commander of FRSC Enugu State Command, Mr Joseph Udoabba, made the call on Thursday, in...

  The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja said that it would address the basic demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) next week. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this at a tripartite meeting organised by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi...

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, signed two bills passed by the National Assembly into law. They include the Climate Change Act and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (Amendment) Act amending the AMCON Act No.4, 2010. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this...

The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) has urged the Federal Government and the private sector to embrace the capital market for long-term funds to address the country’s infrastructure deficit. Chief Executive Officer of NGX, Mr Temi Popoola, said this at a news conference on Thursday in Lagos in preparation for the...