archiveOctober 15, 2022

In order to deepen eNaira usage in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Saturday that it was targeting to establish at least 10 agents’ offices in each of the 774 Local Government Areas of the country, bringing their numbers to 7,740. Speaking at the sensitisation event...

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has branded his predecessor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, as a “failed man”, saying his “antiparty politics” cannot affect his re-election bid in 2023. Abiodun and Amosun have renewed their rivalry ahead of next year’s governorship poll. On Monday, Amosun openly confirmed that he was backing...

  The Governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai has revealed that the state has attracted a total investment portfolio of $4,488,000,000.00 comprising actualized and announced investments, and has created 75, 750 direct and indirect jobs, in the last seven years. He further revealed that the government has also been providing...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disappointed many Nigerians and may find it difficult to win the 2023 general election. This position was adopted during an interview by the immediate past Secretary to the Katsina State Government, Dr. Mustapha Muhammad Inuwa. He said when the APC came on board in...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, said all hands must be on deck to ensure academic strikes in universities become a thing of the past. The Speaker made the comment in a statement welcoming the end of an eight-month long strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff...

Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final-year student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), who ventured into food selling business due to prolonged ASUU strike, has died. Abubakar-Rimi opened a food outlet and Indomie joint in the Diplomat area in Sokoto. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kaduna State chapter, has postponed the consultative visit of the presidential candidate of the party,  Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, to Kafanchan, earlier scheduled for Sunday. According to a statement on Saturday by the state’s party chairman, Hassan Hyat, the postponement was...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will, next Thursday, launch its Digital Certificate Platform, the body has said. Upon its launch, individuals, educational institutions and organisations would be able to confirm the genuineness of any WAEC certificate on the digital platform that can be operated on Android and IOS devices....

  Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Saturday, told the 2023 presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu that he has no political party. Sanusi spoke in Kaduna State, North-West Nigeria on the occasion of the seventh edition of KadInvest, an annual...

The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 0.46 per cent to close the week at 47,569.04 and N25.910 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX Premium, NGX Consumer Goods and NGX Oil & Gas which depreciated by 0.10 per cent, 0.74 per...