Investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Friday reacted negatively to the reappointment of Godwin Emefiele for second term as the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor by President Muhammadu Buhari.
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The Emirs were appointed on Friday despite a court ruling barring the State Government from going ahead with the appointments
The House of Assembly on Thursday passed a bill empowering the Governor to split the Emirate into four
Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Alhaji Sanusi Rikiji, says there are currently about 30,000 Internally Displaced Persons in the state.
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board said that it would release the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results on Saturday.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said that education was the only bedrock for socio-economic growth of Nigeria.
Workers in the oil and gas sector have said the rejection of Chief Frank Kokori as Chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund was unacceptable.
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto on Friday pleaded with residents fleeing the state and relocating to communities in neighbouring Niger Republic, due to incessant attacks, to return home.
The Information Officer of the Misau Local Government Council, Usman Yerima, confirmed the development on Friday in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
A prosecution witness, Patrick Ogo, on Friday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court that Kayode Odukoya, Managing Director, First Nation Airways, secured a N1.7 billion loan from Skye Bank with a forged document.
Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has described the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona, as a man of many parts whose life and legacy would transcend many generations.
Nigeria’s leading nourishing family malt drink, Maltina, says it will soon roll out a new campaign series which seeks to highlight the happy moments that brings genuine smiles on the faces of Nigerians.
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed appreciation to the People’s Republic of China for what he described as its “genuine efforts to improve Nigeria’s infrastructural development”.
The outgoing Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Friday described Nigeria as a country that has no natural enemy but committed to forging peace and stability among African and other countries.
The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property said it had recovered N1.36 billion and 10.29 million dollars belonging to Nigerian Export and Import Bank.
The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, has inaugurated 116 operational vehicles for the Nigerian Prisons Service to enhance service delivery.
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Friday held that alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, and Victor Aduba, a dismissed soldier, made voluntary statements to the police regarding their alleged involvement in kidnappings.
Fulham have appointed caretaker manager, Scott Parker, as their head coach on a permanent basis, the relegated English Premier League club said on Friday.
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said 123km of the 156 km stretch of the Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail project has been completed.
World number one, Novak Djokovic, automatically progressed to the Madrid Open semi-finals after his quarter-final opponent Marin Cilic was forced to withdraw because of food poisoning on Friday.