World football governing body, FIFA, has endorsed the maiden edition of the Aisha Buhari Invitational Tournament as a ranking tournament. With this endorsement, the women’s football competition scheduled for 15th – 21st September in Lagos has gone beyond attaining bragging rights and will become more competitive. The information from...
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By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Exchange Group (“NGX Group”) Plc, Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, OON, has been elected to the Board of World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). This decision was reached at the 60th General Assembly and Annual Meeting of WFE...
Investors net worth on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd dropped further by N146 billion on Friday due to losses posted by some major blue chips. Specifically, the market capitalisation lost N146 billion or 0.71 per cent to close at N20.278 trillion, from N20.424 trillion reported on Thursday. Also, the...
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has said he would embrace the constitutional provisions concerning the Value Added Tax (VAT) whether they affect his State positively or negatively. Ortom made this known in an interview with newsmen on Friday in Makurdi. He commended the Rivers and Lagos States governors for...
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has fired his foreign minister Beatrice Khamisa Wani, replacing her with Mayiik Ayii Deng who once served as minister for presidential affairs. Khamisa, who was appointed last year when the transitional unity government was formed, was relieved of her duties through a presidential decree...
Nigeria had earlier joined the league of nations free from polio, but sadly, it had resurfaced in some parts of the country. The Kwara Government on Friday urged mothers and caregivers in the state to ensure their children/wards get vaccinated against poliomyelitis. Mr Kayode Alabi, Deputy Governor of Kwara,...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG zone 6) Headquarters, AIG Sule Gomna has charged officer and men of the Nigerian Police to be civil in the discharge of their duties and respect the fundamental rights of citizen. The AIG disclosed this in Calabar, when...
The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has ordered all parties to maintain status quo and refrain from taking action that would give effect to the judgement of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt that allowed the Rivers State government to collect Value Added Tax (VAT), pending the hearing...
Chief Charles Idahosa, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, has said President Muhammadu Buhari has made remarkable achievements in Nigeria, in spite of security challenge. Idahosa who is an ally of Gov. Godwin Obaseki, stated this in Benin on Friday at a news conference as...
The Enugu State Government on Friday lauded the Federal Government for launching Nigerians into the super digital highway to promote the digital space and economy in general. Mr Elvis Obi-Nwankwo, Special Assistant to Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on ICT and Innovation, gave the commendation in an interview with the News...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The Zamfara State Government has commenced the resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their communities following improved security situation in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajia Faika Ahmed announced this while briefing newsmen in Gusau on Friday....
On August 29, Delta joined 11 other states to mark their 30th anniversary since creation by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (Rtd) on the same day in 1991. Delta Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa seized the opportunity to score the Bull’s Eye. He rolled out the drums to...
A forensics company, Sentinel Forensic Limited, has confirmed that bullets expelled from firearms during the #EndSARS protest in Lagos on October 20, 2020, were from the Nigerian Army. The company’s representative, Joseph Kayode Funsho, disclosed at the panel which sat on Friday. According to Funsho, the live ammunition (bullets)...
Edo Government is targeting expansion of the frontiers activities of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for exportation purposes, at the 2021 edition of the Edo Trade Fair. Mrs Aina Omo-Ojeonu, the President of Benin Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, (BENCCIMA), made the disclosure during an interview...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Government has approved the deployment of the Fifth Generation Network, otherwise called 5G in Nigeria. The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) announced the approval after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja on Wednesday,...
Tanzania’s parliament has ratified the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, a blueprint for attaining inclusive and sustainable development across the continent. With Tanzania’s ratification of the agreement on Thursday, 42 of the 55 African Union (AU) members have now ratified the AfCFTA that seeks to increase intra-African...
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced sweeping new vaccine requirements, which may affect about 100 million Americans, as part of a new action plan to curb the surging COVID-19 cases driven by the highly contagious Delta variant. “While America is in much better shape than it was seven months...
Authorities of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), have threatened to seal up the business premises of M/S Globacom Nigeria Limited in Abuja if it fails to pay up the over N1.3billion debt owed for the lease of telecommunication ducts network in the nation’s capital city. The ultimatum given...
By YUSUF IDEGU, Jos – Association of Licensed Private Security Practitioners of Nigeria, Plateau State Chapter, has advised Plateau State Government to prioritise intelligent gathering as preventive measure to the various security challenges affecting the state. The association, who insist that government should take responsibility for failing in its...