Trading in the domestic stock market resumed on Monday bullish with a gain of 0.05 per cent on investors’ interest in Eterna and 22 others. Precisely, the benchmark index rose by 21.88 points or 0.05 per cent to close at 40,243.05 from 40,221.17 achieved on Thursday. Accordingly, month-to-date and...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja, – The newly deployed Permanent Secretary, Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr William Alo, has pledged to reinvigorate the Nigeria Police to ensure effective and efficient service delivery. In a statement issued by the Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, said...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has called for an upward review to 42 per cent the revenue accruing to states from the Federation Account. Governor Sanwo-Olu said that an upward review to 42 per cent would enable the states to cater for their rising responsibilities. Sanwo-Olu made the call...
The Presidential Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy has begun assessment of inmates in Lagos State for freedom under the Prerogative Mercy of President Mohammadu Buhari. Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Chairman of the committee and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, kicked-off the exercise at the...
The number of women employed in the international space industry represents just 20 to 22 per cent of the workforce, according to figures released by the UN; roughly the same proportion as 30 years ago. To highlight this and other issues surrounding the push for gender equality, Women in...
Major social media services including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were hit by a massive outage on Monday, tracking sites showed, impacting potentially tens of millions of users. Outage tracker Downdetector was showing outages in heavily populated areas like Washington and Paris, with problems being reported from around 1545 GMT....
Governors of South-South states, on Monday, resolved to join the suit currently before the Supreme Court over the collection of Value Added Tax (VAT). The VAT case is between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Rivers Government. The governors made their intention known in a six-point communique...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 15 sacks of pangolin scales weighing 1,014.5kg with a Duty Paid Value of over N1.7 billion in Lagos. The Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) disclosed this in a media conference in Lagos, on Monday. Ali who was represented by...
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday, dismissed the application filed by Sen. Ali Ndume, seeking an order to discharge him as Abdulrasheed Maina’s surety, after he jumped bail. Justice Okon Abang, in a ruling, held that the application filed by Ndume amounted to an abuse of court process,...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said if young Nigerians fail to bid for elective offices at the 2023 general elections, they cannot win. Osinbajo made the observation through President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Babajide Omoworare. Omoworare represented Osinbajo at the opening of a...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that 31.7 per cent of youths in Nigeria lack access to bank loans to finance their businesses due to high interest rates. The bureau said this in its National Youth Survey for 2020, obtained from its website in Abuja on Monday....
The Speaker, Nasarawa House of Assembly, Mr. Ibrahim Abdullahi, has urged the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission (NASIEC) to ensure early distribution of electoral materials, ahead of the Oct. 6 Local Government (LG) elections in the state. Abdullahi made the call on Monday while speaking with newsmen in Toto...
Former Kano State Governor, Ibrahim Shekarau, on Monday said there is nothing wrong if a Nigerian from the southern region succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023. In his remarks while featuring as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, he wants his political party – the All Progressives Congress...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a fake soldier, identified as Hayatu Galadima, and his accomplice, Hamisu Adamu, while conveying drugs, ammunition, and communication equipment to bandits in Kaduna State. According to a statement, the suspects were arrested on...
Naomi Osaka dropped out of the world’s top 10 on Monday for the first time since winning the 2018 US Open title as she continues to take a break from tennis. The Japanese star, a former world number one, has not played since exiting the US Open in the...
By; Jerome-Mario Utomi If there is any event in recent time in Nigeria that further underscores the well established believe that traditional Institutions holds the key to success or failure of peace and security in Nigeria as they operate at the root of the society and interact with people...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Government has explained that the house of a Member of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Abdullahi, representing Bauchi Federal Constituency, was pulled down because the sale of the property did not follow due process. Recall that the Lawmaker had alleged that Governor,...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Despite the advice of the Nigerian Police, over 352 interns from University of Calabar Teaching hospital, (UCTH) have staged a peaceful protest in Calabar on Monday demanding for their, 11 months Salaries from the management. The interns protested on the streets of Calabar peacefully, chanting...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Following the poor revenue allocation accruing to Cross River State from the Federal Government, Governor Ben Ayade has visited the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation & Fiscal Commision, Abuja to seek for for better revenue allocation to the state from the federation account. Ayade, who addressed the...
Barring any dramatic turn of events, which includes security challenges truncating the guber election altogether, one of these four is most likely to succeed Chief Willie Obiano as the governor of Anambra state. The big four candidates, in the order of their surnames are: Chief Valentine Ozigbo, Prof Chukwuma...