archiveSeptember 8, 2016

Entertainment entrepreneur and lawmaker representing Bayelsa Central Senatorial District, Senator Ben Murray Bruce, has said that the “hurried implementation” of the Treasury Single Account (TSA)  may be one of the reasons the country is in economic recession. According to the law maker in his Twitter handle on Thursday regretted that...

Presidency has approved plans for external borrowing from the World Bank, China and Japan. According to Bloomberg report monitored by Business247 News Online, Nigeria will take on debt from institutions including the World Bank, African Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency and Export-Import Bank of China, the presidency commented on...

  PDP says it is illegal Fayose calls the shift bad signal for democracy The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday postponed the Edo State governorship election by two weeks. The decision to shift the election was taken at a security meeting held in Benin, the state capital. The...

Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has said that five northern states will benefit from a World Bank basic education fund of $500 million over the next five years. According to its Information officer, Helen Okoro,   the five beneficiaries are Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina and Sokoto sates. In a statement in...

Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson has identified dialogue and a clear road-map for development, as key to achieving lasting peace, security, law and order in the Niger Delta region. Dickson stated this during a courtesy call on him by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai....

Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has commenced training of 9,500 youth on skills development programme. Speaking at the interactive section with Commerce and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN) in Lagos, the acting director-general of the ITF, Mr. Dickson Onuoha said the fund has commenced implementation of fifth phase of the...

Conoil has announced a 125 per cent increase over its last financial year profit before tax despite the turbulence that rocked the nation's economy and indeed, the downstream sector of the petroleum industry in 2015. Following this impressive performance, the oil marketing giant has proposed a 200 per cent increase...

Equity transaction on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday ended bullish as investors renewed their interest in the market. The market gained N18 billion to close at N9.472 trillion while All Share Index gained 51.47 basis points or 0.19 per cent to close at 27,574.09 basis points. The upturn...

    ...Says Bayelsa should be carried along in budget process Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon Seriake Dickson on Thursday commended the efforts of the Federal Government, that culminated in the completion and commissioning of the Central Ogbia Water Project at Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state....

Access Bank School of Banking Excellence has won the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) award for the Best Bank Academy in the year 2016. The award was in recognition of the quality of the curriculum of the school and quality of the graduates as well as the consistency...