Secure Nigeria’s borders, ensure passport reforms — Aregbesola tasks acting NIS CG
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has urged the acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Idris Jere, to effectively secure the nation’s borders and ensure nobody slipped in from outside to cause any harm.
Only 2% of COVID-19 vaccines administered in Africa ― WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, on Tuesday said more than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered globally, but only two per cent of them in Africa. The UN agency is urging every country to vaccinate at least 40 per cent of its population by the end of 2021, and […]
INSECURITY: Address Nigeria’s descent into chaos, Akintoye, Turaki, Nnadi tell UN Assembly
THE Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance, NINAS, yesterday, urged the United Nations General Assembly to take urgent steps to address the country’s alleged descent into chaos saying Nigeria has failed as a State.
COVID-19: NPHCDA takes vaccination to churches
By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–BEGINNING from next Sunday, COVID-19 vaccinations would be administered in churches during service,the National Primary Health Care Development Agency,NPHCDA, has said. The initiative,the agency explained,was aimed at ensuring that more persons receive the vaccinations at their convenience. NPHCDA’s Executive Director,,Dr. Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this, Tuesday, during a meeting with the leadership of Christian […]
Owners of Private Jets in Nigeria aid gold smuggling – Minister
By Henry Umoru THE Senate was told Tuesday that owners of private Jets in the country were responsible for the high cases of illegal smuggling of Gold outside the shores of Nigeria. Disclosing this yesterday in Abuja at an investigative hearing on $9billion annual loss to illegal mining and smuggling of Gold, organised by Senator […]
Investors earn over N732 bn from dividends in capital market
.. As Dangote Cement, MTN, GTCO, BUA Cement, Stanbic IBTC top highest dividend By Peter Egwuatu Investors in the Nigerian capital market have earned over N700 billion from dividend payout by companies listed on Nigerian Exchange Limited, NGX Year to Date, YtD. So far, 58 companies across ten sectors of quoted companies on the Exchange […]
