The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has been named the best-performing stock market among the 93 equity indexes being tracked by Bloomberg across the world. The all-share index which opened at 38,800.01 inched higher by 310.16 points or 0.80 percent to cross the 39,000 mark and close at 39,110.17. Also, the market capitalisation rose by N167 […]
Continue Reading
Marcus Rashford struck a last-minute goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers to give Manchester United a 1-0 win in a Premier League fixture at Old Trafford on Tuesday. Tuesday’s game seemed destined to be a draw when Rashford took possession on the edge of the area, near to the goal-line in the 93rd minute. After cutting inside […]
Continue Reading
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), on Tuesday, issued fresh guidelines for applicants to obtain their National Identification Number (NIN). NIMC spokesman, Kayode Adegoke, made this known in a statement titled, ‘NIMC Adopts Booking System For NIN Enrolment’. The statement partly read, “Mindful of the second wave of the COVID-19 which continues to severely affect […]
Continue Reading
A brave female Point of Sale (POS) operator disarmed two suspected armed robbers who attempted to steal her money on Monday, 28 December. The suspects, Andrew Adubu and Destiny Olu, were said to have stormed the POS shop, located at the entrance of the IDP Camp, in Uhogwa, Ovia north-east local government area of Edo […]
Continue Reading
The International Criminal Police Organisation, popularly known as Interpol, has traced a €500,000 COVID-19 fraud to Nigeria. The organisation made this known in a statement on its website titled, ‘Unmasked: International COVID-19 fraud exposed’. The alleged scheme was coordinated using compromised emails, advance-payment fraud, and money laundering. It stated that the fraud was uncovered by […]
Continue Reading
French couturier Pierre Cardin, who made his name by selling designer clothes to the masses and his fortune by being the first to exploit the name as a brand for selling everything from cars to perfume, is dead. Cardin died on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020 at the age of 98. Cardin was the first designer […]
Continue Reading
The management of Deeper Life High School, on Tuesday, says there is no attempt to cover up the case of an 11-year-old schoolboy, who was allegedly molested at its campus in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. A parent at the school, Mrs Deborah Okezie, had said some senior pupils molested her son, Don Davis, by pushing […]
Continue Reading
Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto Catholic diocese, says he only expressed his personal view about President Muhammadu Buhari’s nepotism “based on evidence” and did not call for a coup. Recall that while accusing Buhari of nepotism in his Christmas message on Friday, the Kukah said there could have been a coup if a non-northern Muslim […]
Continue Reading
Joe Biden was confirmed as the next US president on Monday as the Electoral College formalized his victory over Donald Trump, all but closing the door on the incumbent’s efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election. As Biden appealed to Americans to “turn the page” on the divisive contest, electors met across all […]
Continue Reading
The Vice Chancellor of University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Lillian Salami, has asked the Federal Ministry of Education to clear the air on the status of Mallam Sanusi Lamido as the Chancellor of the institution. Recall that Sanusi who was appointed Chancellor of the institution in 2015 by the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, was […]
Continue Reading