The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday moved 197.04 million shares valued at N3.53 billion shares in 3,989 deals. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was against 207.26 million shares worth N2.85 billion transacted in 3,842 deals on Thursday. UACN dominated trading activity with an exchange of 33.02 million shares worth N282.86 […]

One of Nigeria’s leading real estate company, Virgin-Landmart Limited has unveiled star actresses and media personalities, Halima Abubakar and Anita Joseph its new brand ambassadors. The unveiling of the two great actresses was held at the company’s head office on December 4, 2019, amidst cheers and applauds. The event also featured the unveiling of the […]

No fewer than 40 youths from Oyo and Ekiti states on Friday received farming equipment and cash worth N7.5 million from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and AfricaRice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the beneficiaries are participants who completed the two-week training under the Youth Employment in Agri-business and Sustainable […]

Col. Hameed Ali (rtd) the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has appealed for a separate budget for Nigeria Customs Command and Staff College, Gwagwalada for the institution to realise its set out goals. Ali made the appeal at the Graduation ceremony of Junior Course five of the college in Abuja on Friday. Represented by […]

Nigerians in the Diaspora, NIDCOM condemn the attack in a statement by the Chairman/CEO, NIDCOM, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa on Friday. According to NIDCOM, Amaechi was attending an official event in Madrid. “NIDCOM appeals to Nigerians in the diaspora to be of good behavior wherever they are because such incidents tarnish the image of the country […]

…lampoons FG on non-performance By Olayinka Ajayi The head of Living Faith Church also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has berated the Federal government for non-performance. Speaking at last encounter night of Shiloh 2019 on Friday, the Bishop who lampooned the lobby and sponsor of the hate speech bill said: “They are lobbying […]

A police officer in Umuaka village in Imo state allegedly shot dead an 18-year-old boy for retaliating when the officer slapped him. Awuzie Duru, 18, was allegedly killed within the premises of a new generation bank branch at Umuaka on Sunday, December 1. According to reports, Awuzie, popularly known as Aboy, from Isiozi Aka in […]

Mrs. Zainab Bagudu, wife of Kebbi Governor, on Friday in Abuja, emphasised the role of ICT in every sphere of human development. Mrs. Bagudu stated this during the closing ceremony of a five-day training on ICT and entrepreneurship for females living with disabilities, and female artisans on Computer Hardware and Mobile Phone Repairs and ICT […]

Nigerian Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan has been petitioned by the managing director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman over what she described as a physical attack on her by some suspected hoodlums. The NPA boss narrated in the petition she was physically attacked and threatened by hoodlums allegedly sponsored by Wells Ogunboh […]

The wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari has said “bad people” have taken over the country from people who are “supposed to be in charge”. Aisha said this in a TV programme, Thursday during a phone-in interview on Television Continental (TVC)’s ‘Journalists Hangout’ programme. She said it is unacceptable that those who should be […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday commended the Nigerian banks on successfully spreading their tentacles across Africa. The president also appealed to state governments to simplify the process of land ownership in their domains to enable more Nigerians access bank facilities for affordable homes. Buhari made the appeal when he received the Governing Council of the […]

By Victoria  Ojeme The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has condemned the attack on the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi in Madrid, Spain while on a national assignment today. In a statement made available to journalists in Abuja explained that the Nigerian mission and the Spanish Police are handling the matter swiftly and promptly. READ ALSO: […]

The Founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank, Atedo Peterside, has berated the Department of State Service (DSS) for its showdown with convener of #RevolutionNow, Omoyele Sowore, in court on Friday. Reacting to his re-arrest, Perterside, on his Twitter account, said: “Sadly this is no longer about Sowore alone. It is now more about Nigeria advertising itself […]

Several security sources on Friday said eighteen civilians have been kidnapped by the terror group Boko Haram in raids in Cameroon’s Far North region.

A government official on Friday said no fewer than 14 people have been killed in a militia attack in eastern Congo. Donat Kibwana, the administrator of Beni territory, told dpa that the incursion in Mantumbi, in the district of Beni, has been attributed to radical Islamist Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels. “Assailants invaded the village […]