Stock market records new high as investors gain N299bn in one day
By Peter Egwuatu The stock market Monday recorded a new high after five months of low activity as the benchmark index, Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE All Share Index gained 2.1 percent to close at 27,554.56 points from 26,985.77 points on Friday. In similar vein, another major stock market gauge, market capitalisation up N299.0 billion to […]
Drugs make Southern Kaduna youths off guard when bandits attack ― CAN
By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Drug abuse has made Southern Kaduna youths to be caught off guard when bandits launched attacks in their communities, the Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State Chapter, has said. CAN, therefore, decried the rise in drug abuse and addiction among youths in the area. CAN also plan to discourage women from selling […]
World Teachers’ Day: Makinde eulogises teachers as gallant fighters
By Adeola Badru Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has commended teachers in the state for their dedication and support to the incumbent administration, especially in the battle to contain the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye and made available to newsmen on […]
Restructuring: Stop Playing Pharaoh – Southern, Middle Belt Leaders tell Buhari
…Insist that Buhari must restructure now and withdraw from path of implosion forewarned by patriots at home and abroad By Henry Umoru LEADERS of thought, Elder statesmen from four of the six geo-political zones of the country, under the aegis of Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum have taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari […]
Three men in court over alleged exhumation of corpses
Three men on Monday appeared before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged exhumation of corpses. The defendants, Kola Fatoye, 40, Abimbola Fatoye, 35, and Ahmed Ojo, 56, are facing a charge of exhumation of corpses. According to the prosecutor, Monica Ikebuilo, the defendants committed the offence between March and September 2020, in Orun-Ekiti. She […]
Just in: Governors hail IGP on FSARS Ban
By Henry Umoru THE thirty- six State Governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF have hailed the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu for his decision to ban with immediate effect, the operations of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and a range of other Tactical Squads of the Force. According […]
