archiveAugust 10, 2016

Honourable Odeneye Kehinde (Ok is Okay) is a member of the  All Progressives Congress (APC) and House of Representatives member, representing Ijebu Central Federal Constituency which comprises of Ijebu Ode, Odogbolu & Ijebu North  East. In this interview with OLAJIDE FABAMISE, he speaks  on the corruption allegations against the National...

Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria (SEC), Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, revealed on Wednesday that only 6,000 investors have registered on e-dividend portal since the inception last year, as against projections of one million e-dividend registrations. Aaccording to him, "We are still having issues in respect of e-dividend...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released the list of unaccredited courses in Nigerian universities. The NUC warned that any certificate issued for these courses will be considered void. According to the NUC, 13 federal universities, 16 state universities and eight private universities were running courses that had not been...

Seven months after the Bayelsa gubernatorial election was held, Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday said it would launch an investigation into the electoral violence that characterised the election which led to loss of lives and also forced 600 persons into the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Southern Ijaw. Mr...

Barely about two years after losing it to Nigeria, South African economy has regained the position of Africa’s largest in dollar terms, as the value of the nations’ currencies moved in opposite directions. According to Bloomberg report monitored by Business247 News Online, based on GDP at the end of 2015...

After some sessions of losses, respite somehow came the way of investors on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday as they were able to recoup some losses. The market All-Share Index and Market Capitalisation which closed at 27,272.14 basis points and N9.367 trillion on Tuesday rose to 27,421.83 basis...

The Equipment Leasing Association of Nigeria (ELAN) has called on the Federal Government (FG) to seek innovative ways to acquire the capital equipment needed to enhance production in the country in order to achieve the desired economic growth even as the government and businesses continue to feel the crunch of...

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has said that his administration would work with security operatives to smoke out the killers of the three soldiers in Nembe from their hideout and bring them to justice. Governor Dickson made the vow during a live radio interview in Yenagoa, stressing that the...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is contemplating the replacement of obsolete scanners to reduce delay in cargo clearance at the seaports and land borders. Its Comptroller-General, retired Col. Hameed Ali, said that the fund for the procurement of new scanners had been captured in the 2016 budget. He noted that...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has set a revenue target of N4.957 trillion for 2016. Executive Chairman of FIRS, Mr.Tunde Fowler revealed this yesterday at 2016 Annual Corporate Strategy Retreat of the FIRS According to him, “this target is largely dependent on non-oil collection and in particular, Value Added...