archiveFebruary 15, 2022

The Nigerian equities market traded with mixed sentiments on Tuesday albeit with a bullish tilt as bargain hunting in MTNN (+0.3%) and BUAFOODS (+0.8%) underpinned the market’s performance. Thus, the All-Share Index traded flat at 47,064.82 points with the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date returns unchanged at +0.9% and +10.2%, respectively. The...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has reiterated the Commission’s faith in the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS), even as he vowed to tackle all the observed challenges associated with its field performance on election day. Speaking at the Commission’s meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners...

The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the presidency to caution the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. Osun APC made the call in a statement by its Chairman, Gboyega Famodun, on Tuesday. It was reported that there was panic in Osun State on Monday...

Justice N.E. Maha of the Federal High Court on Monday February 14, ordered the final forfeiture of 24 properties held by fronts and proxies to a top military officer, to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Order was pursuant to a forfeiture application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

NYSC Director-General, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has appealed to members of the public to send memoranda to the House Committee on Youth and Sports, as well as make physical appearance at the public hearing to drum support for the establishment of NYSC Trust Fund. He said the public hearing on...

  President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja, Tuesday, to join European and other African leaders as well as heads of multilateral organisations at the 6th European Union-African Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium. The Summit which holds February 17 – 18, 2022, will have the participants deliberate on themes currently affecting...

    The Senate has passed the Chatered Institute of Forensic and Fraud Examiners of Nigeria bill and three others for concurrence.   The bills were passed moments before the upper chamber adjourned plenary on Tuesday.   The four bills for concurrence were sponsored by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi...

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Tuesday ordered the closure of all satellite units of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and Special Tactical Squad. He gave the order hours after the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari,...

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that the nation’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) which measures inflation increased to 15.60 per cent year-on-year in January 2022. The report for January 2022 which was released on Tuesday shows that this is 0.87 per cent points lower than 16.47 per...

  We took over government on November 27, 2010 and by 28th, we announced that whoever sought revenge would be struck down by God. We only handed over to God, those who made us suffer. After we served for eight years, it wasn’t only party members that benefitted from our...