archiveJuly 2022

The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Group Plc, Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, OON has called for more investments in Africa’s marketplace. He made this disclosure on Tuesday, 5 July 2022 while delivering a speech at the African Risk and Compliance Summit held in London. Speaking at the summit,...

      assures customers, stakeholders of continuing operations   The management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Plc has said there was no legal basis for the takeover of the company following the purported activation of the call on its collateralised shares by Fidelity Bank. The purported activation seeks...

  Gunmen on Wednesday invaded the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC) Corpers’ lodge located along Udo Ekong Ekwere Street, off Information Drive in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State and raped women occupants. It was gathered that the gunmen who stormed the area by 1 am that on...

Two All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains Zakari Maigari and Zubainatu Mohammed, have sued the party and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the choice of running mate to the party presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Hammed Tinubu. The chieftains who were delegates in the just concluded presidential primaries are demanding...

The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the audacious attack on Kuje Prison in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. In a 38 second video released Wednesday night, the terrorist group showed some of its men shooting their way into the facility as they chanted: Allahu Akbar! Tens...

  Buhari expresses disappointment with intelligence system Presidency defends his travelling to Senegal The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), on Wednesday, disclosed that a total of 879 inmates escaped from the facility during the unfortunate attack. In a statement on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the NCoS, Umar Abubakar, gave a breakdown...

Reprieve has come the way of intending pilgrims from Nigerian who are yet to be airlifted to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi Arabia’ General Authority on Civil Aviation (GACA) extended the deadline for the closure of the airspace till July 7. According to The Nation, this followed a high-level discussion between...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that salaries of its members have been stopped since the ongoing strike commenced as a result of implementation of ‘no work, no pay’ policy of the Federal Government. National President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, who made this known, faulted claims...

  The Presidency has described as sad and unwelcome, the shooting incident near Dutsinma, Katsina State, at the convoy of cars carrying the Advance Team of security guards, protocol and media officers ahead of President Buhari’s trip to Daura for Sallah. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide confirmed the...

The outgoing Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Dr. Mohammad Barkindo, is dead, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced. Barkindo was appointed OPEC Secretary-General in 2016, the fourth Nigerian to hold that position. Born April 20, 1959, he passed at 63. “We lost our...