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Share In the course of last week, both Chambers of the National Assembly took up the issue of failing security across the land. Whilst the Senate asked that the service chiefs be sacked, the House of Representatives interacted with the security agencies. It is now clear to all and sundry, at least from the comments and contributions of lawmakers across party lines, that Nigeria is approaching a failed state. The pogrom going on in Southern Kaduna presently is totally unacceptable. In a programm...

Equities market opens week bullish, investors gain N309.8bn Equities market opens week bullish, investors gain N309.8bn Share Equities trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) begins the week on a positive note as the market indicators advance by 1.73 per cent on Monday. The All-Share Index (ASI) notched a 1.7 per cent increase to close at 34,843.44 basis points on significant interest in the stocks of Airtel Africa, Dangote Cement and Wapco. The market worth as well closed bullish as inve...

Share NIGERIA is a major maize consuming nation as all sections of the country utilise it as a major source of food for human consumption, animal feed, and industrial raw materials. Currently, Nigeria is the 14th largest producer of maize in the world, with a total production volume of 12.1 million tons in 2019, representing about 3 per cent of global production. The government has over the years been involved in various initiatives targeted at scaling up production including importing maize to...

Share The National Association of Judiciary Correspondents (NAJUC) in Oyo State has condoled with the Oyo State Judiciary over the untimely death of the late Chief Registrar, Mrs Fatima Adenike Badrudeen, describing it as arise shock and a loss to the entire judiciary in the state. NAJUC in a statement jointly signed by its chairman, Yejide Gbenga-Ogundare and the secretary, Sunday Ogunyemi, described Mrs Badrudeen as a woman of excellent professionalism and sympathised with the judiciary and t...

FG approves $30millon direct lending to Nigerian oil services providers FG approves $30millon direct lending to Nigerian oil services providers Share The Federal Government (FG) has approved $30million as direct lending to the Nigerian oil service providers. The sum was approved under the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)/Nigerian Capital Development Fund (NCDF) working capital scheme. Engr Wabote Simbi, Executive Secretary, NCDMB, made the disclosure, on Monday, at the...

Rivers State University to graduate 34 first class students Tuesday Rivers State University to graduate 34 first class students Tuesday Dec 14, 2020 L-R; Deputy vice chancellor Rivers State University,Prof Opuenebo Owei; Vice chancellor Rivers State University,Prof Nlerum Okogbule and Risgerter Rivers State University, Dr Sydney Enyindah during a press conference on the forthcoming convocation of the University Share 34 out of the 5837 candidates graduating from the Rivers State University, o...

Katsina school attack: Group seeks 1,000 local hunters to rescue missing boys Katsina school attack: Group seeks 1,000 local hunters to rescue missing boys Share A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) under the aegis of Transparency Advocacy Centre (TAC) has advised Katsina State government to engage 1,000 vigilantes in order to rescue the missing students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara who are still under the captivity of the bandits. This was even as it calls for the immediat...

Gbajabiamila applauds ongoing reconstruction of 18.3km Epe-Ketu-Itoikin road Gbajabiamila applauds ongoing reconstruction of 18.3km Epe-Ketu-Itoikin road Share The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, on Sunday, expressed satisfaction over the level of work done so far on the ongoing reconstruction of 18.3km Epe-Ketu-Itoikin road as part of his Federal Constituency projects. The Speaker stated this via his official Twitter handle: @femigbaja. The Speaker who undersco...

Share Nigerian music superstars and Grammy-nominated artists, Wizkid and Burna Boy are set to headline the Livespot X-Clusive concert slated for December 19 and 20, 2020. The artists who are fresh off hugely successful album releases will be making live appearances at the first-ever hybrid live concert in Lagos. Burna Boy who is still reeling off of the excitement of his Grammy Awards nomination, under the World Music Album category, was nominated alongside other entertainers like Antibalas, Be...

Share Over 1,600 inmates out of a total of 1,993 persons who were said to have escaped from the Oko Medium Correctional Centre and Sapele Road Correctional Centre, popularly called White House, Benin, on October 19 are still on the loose. The inmates had escaped when hoodlums who masqueraded as #EndSARS protesters broke into the facilities. While 25 inmates voluntarily returned to the correctional centres one week after the break-in, 38 others were re-arrested by the police in different parts ...