archiveSeptember 2022

  Bulls and bears wrangle as The Nigerian Equities Market returns to the south region to end the third trading session of the week on a negative note amidst improved turnover. The NGXASI shed 10bps to peg the All-Share-Index at 49,576.05bps as against its previous close of 49,627.72bps. This outing...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) will on Thursday sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines of Morocco. NNPC in a series of tweets via its official Twitter handle on Wednesday, stated that the MoU, which would be signed in Rabat,...

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, said protesting students who blocked a busy section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were “violating” the law. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said this while briefing State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by President   Muhammadu Buhari...

  The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has asked the House of Representatives Committee on Finance to remove the agency from the annual budget by granting it total autonomy. The JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, who made the appeal while appearing before the committee at the ongoing deliberations on the...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Wednesday disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari will in the first week of October present and lay before the two chambers of the National Assembly, the proposed N19.76 trillion budget for the 2023 financial year. The Federal Government plans to...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has demanded the resignation of the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorchia Ayu Makinde made the demand at the south-west stakeholders meeting in Ibadan, Oyo state. According to Makinde: “Our party wants to rescue Nigeria and our candidate is a unifier....

    By Walter Duru, Ph.D   Just like many other members of the Nigerian delegation, I felt very proud to be a Nigerian, when, at the 2022 ID4Africa Conference in Marrakech, Morocco, my dearly beloved country was celebrated for leading the Identity revolution in Africa. The message was very...

As a prelude to her annual conference on October 6, 2022, the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has concluded plans to host media managers in both private and public sector to a business lunch on Wednesday, October 5 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos by 12 noon. A statement issued...

The inauguration of Dr. William Ruto as Kenya’s 5th President is a celebration of democracy and democratic institutions in Africa, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday while speaking to journalists shortly after the swearing-in ceremony held at the Moi International Sports Stadium in...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the conduct of the Osun and Ekiti polls gives it confidence that the 2023 elections will be successful. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, said this on Wednesday at a retreat on the Ekiti and Osun polls to share lessons for the coming general election....