archiveFebruary 2023

Equity investors on the Nigerian Exchange recorded a gain of  N228.7 billion as trading activities resumed on Monday as the capitalization rose by one per cent, from N29.31 trillion with which it closed on  Friday to N29.53 trillion today. The All-Share Index appreciated by 419.89 basis points to close at...

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, on Monday afternoon held a meeting with the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and the three aggrieved governors who sued the Federal Government, at the secretariat of the party. The governors were Nasir El Rufai (Kaduna), Yahaya...

Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has stated l that he would reduce multi-dimensional poverty by 40 per cent in his first four years and put food on the tables of all Nigerians if he is elected president on February 25, 2023. Atiku also vowed...

  to lead Lagos APC rally Tuesday   President General Muhammadu Buhari on Monday afternoon, returned from Addis Ababa after attending the 36th African Union Summit in the Ethiopian capital. Buhari participated in three high-level meetings on peace and security, climate change and the political situation in some West African...

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)has disclosed that no fewer than 1.6 million candidates have been registered for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). Its Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this at the end of a joint monitoring exercise with the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr David...

The Founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, has condemned the closure of all universities in Nigeria by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, as directed by the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed. Babalola noted that...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, February 20, admitted Ali Bello, a cousin to Kogi State governor Yahaya Bello, and three others to bail in the sum of N2 billion. Bello and the others, namely Abba Adauda, Yakubu Siyaka Adabenege and Iyadai Sadat are being prosecuted by the Economic...

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, on Friday, February 17, 2023, convicted and sentenced three internet fraudsters, Onukwugha Favour, Lawrence David and Omoghan Destiny Igbinosa, to prison on separate one count charge of impersonation and obtaining by false pretence. The charge against Igbinosa reads:”That you,...

  The Lagos State Government has announced travel advisory for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mega Rally on Tuesday at Teslim Balogun Stadium in Lagos. The General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr Bolaji Oreagba, gave the details in a statement in Lagos on Sunday. Oreagba said that...

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, granted an interim order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from engaging Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya in distributing election materials in the state. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke granted the order preventing Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, or any of his agents from...