The nation’s bourse resumed trading for the week on a bullish trend with the All-Share Index crossing the 32,000 mark following interests in blue chips. Specifically, the All-Share Index rose by 1,226.88 or 3.96 per cent to close at 32,243.05 compared with 31,016.17 achieved on Friday. Accordingly, month-to-date and year-to-date gain increased to +5.6 per cent and +20.1per cent, respectively. Also, the market capitalisation which opened at N16.206 trillion inched higher by N641 billion or 3.96 per cent to close at N16.847 trillion. Mr Ambrose Omordion, the Chief Operating Officer, InvestData Ltd., attributed the rally to inflow of funds from…
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Nigeria’s number one, Sylvester Emmanuel, on Monday defeated 16-year-old Andu Mukhtar 6-2 6-3 at the ongoing Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Senior Open Tennis Tournament. It was an obviously tough draw for Mukhtar, who is making a debut at the event as he struggled to earn points against the defending champion. However, it was not a walk in the park for Emmanuel as he laboured to stay top of the game to qualify for the round of 32 at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. Mukhtar’s undoing was his many unforced errors, even though he managed to break Emmanuel many times, sending the crowd in…
The Governor of Niger, Abubakar Bello has announced that he tested positive to COVID-19. The Governor, who made this known via his Twitter handle @abusbello, tweeted: “I have tested positive to #COVID19. However, I am asymptomatic and have gone into isolation.” In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary Mary Noel-Berje, said “his sample was taken for test, and unfortunately returned positive.” The Governor said he has immediately gone into self isolation and has commenced treatment. “We however solicit prayers from all and sundry for his quick recovery even as he is asymptomatic to the virus and advised the…
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerian youths will do well to keep the peace as it is in their own interest ultimately. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, quoted his principal as saying this when he received Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, who paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja on Monday. The Nigerian leader, who was reacting to the recent #EndSARS protest and the mayhem and destruction of public and private properties that came in its wake, said: “our own generation is on the last lap; we are exiting.” “It is in…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi Bauchi state government says it has recorded eight cases of Yellow Fever. The Executive chairman of the State Primary Health Development Agency, Dr Rilwanu Mohammad who disclosed this while briefing journalists on Monday, said the cases are reported from two wards of Ganjuwa local government area of the state. “During last week’s immunization exercise, eight persons were reported death as a result of a suspected disease. But after samples were taken and tested, its results came out positive for yellow fever”. Dr Mohammad said the agency had reactivated its rapid response team that include Case Management…
… As Deputy governor gets enrolled Sokoto state government has vowed to ensure that 74% of the state indigenes who are yet to get enrolled for the Nigerian Identity management system, get registered. Governor Aminu Tambuwal stated this when he received the Sokoto State Coordinator of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Engr Garba Balarabe on a courtesy call in his office on Monday. Speaking through the Deputy Governor, Manir Dan’iya, the governor said the 16% of Sokoto state indigenes that got enrolled into the scheme, is very low compared to the number of citizens in other states. According to…
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti Corruption, Senator Aliyu Wamakko has again sponsored 45 indigent undergraduate students at the Lead City University, Ibadan, Oyo State. The lucky students will study various Science, Engineering and medical courses, so as to bolster manpower supply to the state and Nigeria, hence get more Engineers, Medical Doctors and other related professionals. Wamakko, a former Governor of Sokoto State, presented the Admission Letters to the benefitting students, at his Sahabi Dange road, Gawon Nama, Sokoto residence on Sunday. They were drawn from across the twenty three…
It was Julius Caesar who said that the best death is a quick one. What US President Donald Trump endured last week was the electoral equivalent of the old Chinese torture of Lingchi, or death by a thousand cuts. Those who genuinely love Donald Trump [maybe Melania, Don Jnr, Ivanka, Jared Kushner and a few others] must be wishing that he speedily lost Florida and Texas on election night. He would have had a sleepless night that Tuesday but he could have slept well afterwards, instead of going for days without sleep as Joe Biden steadily overtook him in the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lagos State charpter, has advised Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure more fairness as he commences second term in office on Monday. The state PDP Publicity Secretary, Taofik Gani, in an interview on Monday in Lagos, said that the INEC boss on his reappointment should read the riot act to the INEC officials to elevate fairness in elections. “Indeed, the INEC Chairman should show more fairness and be able to speak the truth to his “employer. The INEC chairman should prove his critics wrong by delivering credible elections all…
By Ahmed Attahiru, Gusau The zonal vice chairman of Zamfara Central of the All Progressive Congress, Sani Mayanchi has described the death of the chairman of Zamfara Local Government Service Commission, Malami Yandoto, as a loss to the entire people of the state. In a condolence message issued in Gusau on Sunday, Mayanchi said the entire people of Zamfara central had missed a man with humility and political commitment to the development of the state. He described late Yandoto as a humble and very courageous person, who strongly believed in the ideals of developing Zamfara, noting that the pain of…