archiveMay 8, 2022

  A non-governmental organistion (NGO), the Asido Foundation, has donated a mini-library to the psychiatric ward of Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, to enhance recovery of patients on admission. Founder of the foundation, Dr Jibril Abdullmalik, said during the donation of the library on Friday in Lagos that the motive was...

  Ibom Air, one of Nigeria’s leading airlines has said that it will not take part in an industry plan to stop flights from Monday over the high cost of jet fuel, explaining that the move would affect revenues needed to service obligations to financiers and suppliers. The Airline Operators...

    Dear Distinguished Fellow Citizen, AN INVITATION TO THE OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF 'TUNDE BAKARE'S INTENTION TO CONTEST FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE PLATFORM OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) Having been privileged to serve Nigeria in various nation building capacities,...

  bags Sun Political Icon of the Year 2021 award   The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has advanced reason to justify why the current National Assembly stands out from the previous Assemblies. Lawan said the uniqueness of the Ninth Assembly was it's ability to conquer most complex and...

Renowned politician and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Arthur Nzeribe, is dead. He was 83 years old at the time of his death. According to Channels Television reports, he died in his country home in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State on May 8, 2022....

INEC on Sunday in Abuja condemned calls from some unidentified quarters on the commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to join the 2023 presidential race. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, in a press statement described the calls as preposterous, saying it would not happen. “Our...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Mr Godwin Emefiele,  has dispelled widespread rumours that he would be contesting for office of the president in the 2023 general elections . This is coming on the heels of widespread, diverse reactions to his purported purchase of the All Progressives...

Following the presidential pardons granted to former governors of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, and Taraba State, Rev Jolly Nyame who were serving jail terms for corruption, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, asking the court to “declare illegal, the recent...

  Nigeria’s former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has alleged that the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, handed over the apex bank’s control to President Muhammadu Buhari since the latter assumed office. She also alleged that the “ill-advised monetary policies” of the bank in the last seven years...

The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 2.61 per cent to close the week at 50,935.03 and N27.460 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Insurance, NGX Afr. Bank value, NGX Meri value, NGX Oil/Gas, NGX Growth and NGX Sovereign which depreciated...