archiveNovember 2021

Yiaga Africa, an independent election observer group, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure early deployment of election materials and personnel to polling centres in Anambra. Yiaga Africa made the call at an Anambra governorship election pre-election news conference in Awka on Friday. The group, said...

  The Minister for Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has emphasised the need to invest more in health research to proffer solutions to prevailing health challenges in the country.Fashola stated this on Thursday in Lagos at a ceremony to launch and raise funds for the Nigeria Institute of Medical...

 ) The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reiterated the need to facilitate the issuance of green bonds and sustainable investments in the country’s capital market. The Director-General of SEC, Mr. Lamido Yuguda, said this in a statement issued by the Commission in Abuja on Thursday, during the Environmental, Social and...

 Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism will reduce stress on courts in the country.  Makinde stated this on Thursday while declaring open a conference by Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), held in Ibadan.   The governor, who described ADR as a tidier way...

Founder, VC requests VP: You are an accomplished academic, be our mentor Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has commended the establishment of the Al-Istiqama University in Kano, saying such an endeavour has huge potential to impact people in a significant and positive way. Prof. Osinbajo spoke yesterday at the Presidential...

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, has adjourned the trial of a former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, Bamaina Holdings Ltd and Speeds International Ltd to November 5, 2021 for the continuation of cross examination of the star...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared three days of mourning over the Ikoyi building collapse, which occurred on Monday. The state government claimed that no fewer than 32 persons are believed to have died in the incident. This was contained in a press statement by the Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotoso,...

 Profit taking persisted on the nation’s bourse on Thursday with the market capitalisation extending bearish run by N16 billion.The market capitalisation lost N16 billion to close at N21.889 trillion from N21.905 trillion recorded on Wednesday. Also, the All-Share Index which opened at 41,975.45 inched lower by 31.62 points or 0.08...

Reports have emerged that the developer of the collapsed building in Ikoyi area of Lagos State, Femi Osibona has been recovered  dead. Osibona’s body was discovered among others during the rescue process at the site of the building on Thursday. The high-rise building under construction by Fourscore Homes, a Lagos-based...

  Two days to the Anambra State governorship election and a day to the commencement of the one-week sit-at-home order, the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced the cancellation of the week-long exercise issued across the South-East region. The group Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, who made...