Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged stakeholders in the oil industry to find and agree on cheaper means of producing oil in the country. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the vice president spoke at a virtual meeting on the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) with stakeholders in the Read More…
Year: 2021
NSE extends gain, index rises further by 0.11%
Positive sentiments persisted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Wednesday with the All-Share Index extending growth by 0.11 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index improved further by 45.10 points or 0.11 per cent to close at 40, 341.05 against 40, 295.95 achieved on Tuesday. Also, the market capitalisation rose by N24 billion or 0.11 per Read More…
Adekunle Gold, Simi celebrate wedding anniversary with never-before-seen photos
Singers, Simi (Simisola Ogunleye) and Adekunle Gold (Adekunle Kosoko) on Wednesday took to their social media platforms to celebrate their 2nd wedding anniversary with a never before seen wedding photos. They also wrote lovely heartfelt messages to celebrate their anniversary Adekunlegold wrote on his Instagram: “I look back to the first day I met you. Read More…
Macaulay Culkin supports efforts to remove Donald Trump’s brief cameo from Home Alone 2
While Americans are nearing the end of Donald Trump’s term as United States President, some are going so far as to have him removed from Home Alone 2, including its star Macaulay Culkin. Trump had a brief cameo in the 1992 sequel Home Alone 2, where Macaulay Culkin’s Kevin McAllister asks Trump, ‘where the lobby Read More…
Anthony Joshua vs Tyson Fury clash on the verge of being signed
Contracts for a tantalising four-belt heavyweight unification fight between WBA, WBO and IBF champion Anthony Joshua 24-1 (22) and WBC counterpart Tyson Fury 30-0-1 (21) are expected to be signed within two weeks. Fury’s US-based co-promoter Bob Arum says he is “95 per cent confident” of getting the deal over the line. A venue for Read More…
Nigeria Tennis Federation unveils its 2021 programmes
The Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF) has unveiled its 2021 activities aimed at enhancing the development of the game in the country. Dayo Abulude, the Secretary General of the Federation, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the Federation would be organising various local tournaments, as well as participate in international competitions. He said these would include Read More…
Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu, former Lagos gov, reported dead
Early media reports have announced the death of former Lagos Military Governor this morning. The cause of death is not yet known. Rear Admiral (retired) Ndubuisi Godwin Kanu was appointed military governor of Imo State, Nigeria in March 1976 during the military regime of General Olusegun Obasanjo. He was the first governor after the decree Read More…
Council shuts down health centre to prevent COVID-19 spread in Lagos
The Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State has shut down the Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) Health Centre, Aboru to curb the spread of coronavirus in the area. The council’s Chairman, Mr David Famuyiwa, had recently ordered the closure of Meiran Primary Health Care due to one of its staff that tested positive Read More…
Guterres renews $100bn climate change call for developing countries
The United Nations (UN) has renewed call for developed nations to fulfill their pledge to provide 100 billion dollars a year for developing countries to support both climate mitigation and adaptation. UN Secretary General António Guterres made the call at the virtual 2021 UN Climate Change Conference Roundtable on Clean Power Transition, according to a Read More…
CAC generated N19bn revenue in 2020
The Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, has said the organisation raked in more than N19 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) last year. Abubakar made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic that affected Read More…