EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index on Wednesday advanced by 0.2 per cent to 25,460.00 points as sentiments remained positive and investors took position in Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC shares following the company’s positive half year 2020 performance and interim dividend announcement. Accordingly, month-to-date gain increased to...
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The Coronavirus pandemic may have severely impacted the global economy with major setbacks, but that isn’t deterring musician and business mogul, Akon, from going ahead with his plans of constructing a futuristic pan-African city in his home country of Senegal. In an interview with the Associated Press on Monday, the Locked...
Prophet of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), T.B Joshua has called on the government to gather coronavirus patients in their different isolation centres for healing. According to Joshua, he has healed various diseases in many countries, so he wants to reach out to those in isolation centres...
The Federal Government has approved the restructuring of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to further improve the safety on the nation’s aviation industry. Director-General of NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, according to the News Agency of Nigeria in a...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Bunu has approved N232, 799, 742.50 for new Socio-Economic Development Projects and ratified N9.2 billion for Capital Projects. The Governor made the approval at a meeting of the State Executive Council on Wednesday at the Council Chamber, Government House Damaturu. Governor...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ogun State House of Assembly has said that there is need for the State Government to utilize the urgent window of financial facility being provided by regulatory authorities to secure funds through bonds in order to defray outstanding gratuities of retirees. The Speaker, Hon. Olakunle Oluomo,...
…as Gov Mohammed promises to connect Bauchi Base with National Grid ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Nigerian Air Force on Tuesday began the construction of Aircraft Maintenance Hanger, at the Special Operations Command, Bauchi. In a remark during the ground breaking ceremony, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi No fewer than three people have reportedly died, just as 200 houses have been destroyed and about 3,000 hectares of farmlands were washed away by flood in Adamami village in Shira local government area of Bauchi state. However, the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), however said...
For years, you’ve been told that high cholesterol foods increase the risk of heart disease. However, many recent studies have shown that this isn’t necessarily true. Most of the cholesterol in your blood is produced by your liver. Whenever one eats foods high in cholesterol, your liver produces less....
Plateau state has continued to lead in Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 239 new infections in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Tuesday. The health agency said that 10 deaths were...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, said that a draft legislation on Social Protection that would quicken the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Nigeria was underway. Agba said that while the Ministry was in the process...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has approved the appointment of six new Permanent Secretaries in the State Civil Service. The newly appointed permanent secretaries were, Messrs Kehinde Onasanya, Johnson Odeyemi, Olukayode Ogunleye, Moses Adebayo, Engr. Lateef Yusuf and Mrs. Olusola Osasona. Until their appointments, these career...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The newly passed Ogun State Waste Management Law 2020 has made it an offence for industries or producers to trade on discarded materials for health and safety reasons, Special Adviser to the Governor on Environment-Waste Management, Mr Ola Oresanya has said. The SA said while addressing...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The Director-General of Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Sir Joseph Ari, has commended the Federal Government for its directive on the harmonisation of skills programmes implemented by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). According to a statement to NATIONAL ACCORD, the DG, who was reacting to the pronouncement...
Guest Column By ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI – Abuja — Prominent Nigerian physician, politician and strategist Bukola Saraki argues that while the removal of the government of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita of Mali is a setback to democracy, it should serve as a warning to regional leaders that the demands of their populations...
BY SIMON REEF MUSA My Lord Bishop, I do not really know whether it was my initial intention to write a secret or an open letter on the occasion of your 68th birthday that is today, August 31, 2020. When last week I called Your Lordship to find out...
Ghanaian afro-pop songstress Wendy Shay is set to release a new single to mark Beyoncé’s birthday as she says the American singer is her ‘godmother’. According to her, the “Black is King” film producer is now her godmother and will release something special on her birthday (Friday, September 4) to celebrate...