The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed trading in 2021 on a bullish trend with the All-Share Index surpassing the 41,000 mark, as investors continued to position ahead of full year results and dividiend declaration. Specifically, the All-Share Index inched higher by 876.67 points or 2.18 per cent to close...
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The Ekiti government, on Monday, says it has approved the disbursement of N60 million loan to the state Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) staff members as housing loan for the last quarter of 2020.A statement issued by Chairman of the commission, Mr Babatunde Abegunde, in Ado-Ekiti, said that the amount...
Georgia’s Republican top election official said on Monday the White House had pushed him against his better judgment to take a call from President Donald Trump in which he pressured the state to overturn his November presidential election defeat there. In the call on Saturday, Trump told Georgia Secretary...
The “Alphabet Workers Union” aims to ensure that employees work at a fair wage, without fear of abuse, retaliation or discrimination, the union heads wrote. Google has been under fire from the U.S. labour regulator, which has accused the company of unlawfully questioning several workers who were then terminated...
Residents of Kano have appealed to the state government to enforce and ensure full compliance with the COVID-19 safety protocols at public places. Some of the residents of the state, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Monday, said that many public institutions had relaxed...
Magistrates in Cross River on Monday blocked the entrance to the governor’s office in Calabar to protest 24 months unpaid salaries. The magistrates assembled at the governor’s office from the 18 local government areas of the state. They wielded placards with inscriptions like “we have right to employment’’, “Magistrates...
The Nigeria Cricket Federation has postponed the second edition of the National Under 17 championships earlier scheduled for Jan. 7 to Jan. 31. The federation made this known via its official twitter handle @cricket_nigeria on Monday. According to the statement by NCF Secretary-General, Taiwo Oriss, the decision was necessary...
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) and two other agencies are mapping out strategic guidelines on COVID-19 preventive measures to safeguard Nigerian pilgrims during the 2021 hajj operation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two other agencies are the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and...
The Federal Government says its 774,000 Special Public Works (SPW) jobs will commence on Wednesday. The programme is designed to engage 1,000 artisans from each local government in public works for three months at N20,000 each per month. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this...
South Africa has been in talks with various COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, including those in the West, Russia and China, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said on Monday. Speaking at a briefing on the national vaccine strategy, the minister noted that the country aimed to immunise 67 per cent of its...
The Federal Government has given an assurance that the country will witness improved security this year. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the assurance at a new year media briefing on Monday in Lagos. The minister disclosed that a number of the platforms the country...
Dr Chris Asoluka, a former Vice President-General, Ohaneze Ndigbo, says only constitutional and democratic electoral process for the enthronement of next President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo is key to galvanising Ndigbo globally. Asoluka told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja that imposition of candidates was not...
Nasarawa State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr Dogo Shammah, on Monday donated cash to some widows in the state to ease their economic hardship. The beneficiaries, who are no fewer than 50, selected from 10 electoral Wards in Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, also received...
The year 2021 promises to be one of consolidation as the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) aggregates all the achievements it has recorded from the inception of the Oloyede-led Management in 2016 to date. This is to ensure that all are well-grounded and institutionalised to make room for...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the academia over the passing of former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), and Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of First Technical University, Ibadan, Prof Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, condoling with family members and friends. In a statement on Monday by...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 15 orphaned children in Bauchi state have been trained and empowered by a United Kingdom based Non-Governmental Organization, Khairos Initiative, in various skills of their choice. The children, selected from the Cornerstone Orphanage, Yelwa, Bauchi, were trained in hairdressing, tailoring, carpentry and...
…Says 2021 UTME Application Forms not yet on sale By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Th e Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has urged the public to be wary of fraudsters over the rumoured commencement of the sale of the 2021 Unified tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry...
On February 3 1976, the Nigerian Head of State General Murtala Mohammed made what was to be his last national broadcast to the nation. He said among other things that: “We believe that the new capital created on such virgin lands as suggested will be for all Nigerians a...
India’s drugs regulator has recommended for emergency use, a locally developed coronavirus vaccine called Covaxin. Covaxin is expected to be a backup to the AstraZeneca/Oxford shot. Covaxin has been developed by Bharat Biotech, a company based in Hyderabad, with backing from the state-run Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)....