archiveJuly 5, 2023

A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has urged Mmesoma Ejikeme, a 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidate, to come clean with the source of her result. Chidoka, who is also the owner of the Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Centre where Mmesoma sat for her examination, said he will beg...

  The African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA) and the African Development Bank Group on 28 June signed an agreement for a $600,000 grant to expand the number of linked African exchanges from 7 to 15 under the second phase of the African Exchanges Linkage Project. The funds will come from...

The leader of Afenifere, a Yoruba socio-political organization, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has made a shocking revelation regarding the victory of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Pa Adebanjo has insisted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did not defeat Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) during the conduct of the...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has notified the public of the illegal importation of foreign unauthorized sugar manufactured in Brazil and India. NAFDAC disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. According to the agency, the products are imported through Cameroun (Douala), Niger, Chad and...

Due to the current reforms and competition among exchanges in global financial markets, Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) on Thursday revealed that it was working assiduously with the Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc and other stakeholders to reduce the settlement cycle from T+3 to T+1 over the next few years....

  Former Kaduna Central lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has made a fresh claim about events following the conduct of the 2023 general elections. In a post via his Twitter page on Wednesday evening, Senator Sani recalled that the 781 election offenders reportedly arrested nationwide by police operatives have all been released....

  Ose Daniel, Goodness bow out in grace   Quest, Victory Gbakara, and Precious Mac, the top three contestants who emerged in this week's show, performed memorably in the musical reality platform that would see the winner smiling home with mouthwatering prizes. The competition is getting tougher on the Bigi-sponsored...

    The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has issued an alert warning 14 states of heavy rainfall that might lead to flooding, between July 4 and July 8. NEMA said 31 communities may also be affected. This alert was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday, July 5, by...

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said there was a decline in the number of road accidents, injuries, and deaths recorded during the 2023 Eid-el-Kabir celebration. The agency said during the just concluded celebration, road crashes reduced to 25 per cent, injuries 43 per cent while the number of...

  The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) on Wednesday said it was  saddened and shocked by the passing of Dr Samuel Ibiyemi, one of its committed members and Publisher of NewsDirect Newspapers Group. Ibiyemi, aged 56, died on Tuesday at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilisan, Ogun , where he...