The Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) witnessed a decline in market capitalisation on Monday, dropping by N51 billion. The market capitalisation opened at N55.861 trillion and closed at N55.810 trillion, marking a 0.09 per cent decrease. Similarly, the All-Share Index dropped by 0.09 per cent or 93 points, closing at 101,995.53 compared to 102,088.30 recorded on Friday. Consequently, the Year-To-Date (YTD) return fell to 36.41 per cent. This downward trend was attributed to selloffs in some stocks of Tier-one banks such as FBN Holdings, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Zenith Bank, and Dangote Cement. The total volume of shares traded amounted…
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The Read and Earn Federation for UNESCO (UNESCO REF) has sought a strategic partnership with the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) towards the attainment of UN global goals. The President, UNESCO REF, Abdulsalami Ladigbolu announced this during a visit to the National Chairman of ACPN, Adewale Oladigbolu, in Abuja on Monday. Ladigbolu said that the partnership was under the UNESCO REF Strategic Intervention Programme-ALPHA (SIP-ALPHA). According to him, this will provide knowledge exchange, advocacy and sensitisation of communities on the need to be part of the global community towards actualisation of united action’s goals. “The purpose of this…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 51 suspected illegal miners and three telecommunication mast vandals in the territory. The NSCDC FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, said this while briefing newsmen of the arrest on Monday at the command’s headquarters. Odumosu said that the three suspected vandals were apprehended by the command’s intelligence and undercover operatives following a security tip-off of the dismantling activity at Giri area of the FCT. According to him, before the decommissioning of a mast, approval must be obtained from the NSCDC, being the lead agency in…
The National Agency for the Control of AIDS NACA has urged stakeholders in the HIV and AIDS national response to ensure the success of the sustainability agenda of ending the endemic by 2030.
The Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON) and Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre (WARDC) have called for reinstatement of guidelines on safe termination of pregnancy in Lagos State The General-Secretary, SOGON, Lagos, Dr Kehinde Okunade, made the call on Monday in an online meeting with the theme, “Safe Termination of Pregnancy for Incest, Rape and Other Diseases: Launch of Signature Campaign.” He appealed to the Lagos State Government to lift the suspension on the ‘Guidelines on Safe Termination of Pregnancy for Legal Indications’ to reduce preventable deaths. He also requested guidelines for termination of pregnancy in cases…
The Plateau council of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) says it has concluded arrangements to join the national secretariat and other state councils to peacefully protest over the biting economic hardship. The NLC had on Feb. 16, declared a two-day nationwide mass protest, over the economic hardship being faced by Nigerians. The two-day warning protest has been scheduled to be hold between Feb. 27 and Feb. 28. There are rumours, however, circulating that the protest might not hold because of some security concerns. But Plateau NLC Chairman, Mr Eugene Manji, said on Monday in Jos, that the council held its…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), in collaboration with the Richard George Foundation, has donated a digital economy centre to Edo state government-owned nursing college. The beneficiary college is Sancta Maria Catholic College of Nursing Sciences, Uzairue, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo. The Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, said the donation was part of the agency’s strategic objectives of harnessing the power of technology to transform lives and shape the future of education. Inuwa was represented by the agency’s Deputy Director of Research and Development, Sir Lawrence Dirisu. According to Inuwa, the digital economy centre is made…
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Niger Command, has called for the support of principals in the fight against substance abuse among secondary school students in the state. Commander of NDLEA in the state, Musa Bwalin, made the call at a sensitisation programme, organised for secondary school principals in the state on drug abuse, in Minna on Monday. Bwalin said that the programme was aimed at sensitising the principals on drug abuse so that they could understand the danger inherent in it. “As school principals, you are the custodians of our children and we, as parents, always cry out that…
The Veterinary Council of Nigeria (VCN) says it will promote animal health, enhance food safety, and facilitate trade in animals and animal products in the country.
Police did not seal the secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at Yaba, Lagos, on Monday as rumored, police spokesman in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has said.