archiveSeptember 25, 2016

Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson has urged people of the state to sink their political differences and work together for the common good of the state. He threw the challenged at the Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre in Yenagoa, on Sunday during an interdenominational thanksgiving service in commemoration of the...

Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has urged Nigerians to be strong and of good courage, that they should not be dismayed as God is faithful, stressing that God has promised and that he will fulfil his promises concerning the nation. He gave the words of encouragement on Sunday in Abuja...

The Federal Government will play host to the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina who is billed to be in the country for a three-day official visit to hold special session with the Nigeria economic managers on how to stimulate the nation’s economic recovery. According to...

The National Council on Finance and Economic Development (NACOFED) 2016 conference, which opens in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Tuesday, will examine options available to government to improve its revenue streams especially in a period of low earnings from crude oil. The conference, which is being hosted by the Minister of...

Mr Ike Chioke, Managing Director, Afrinvest West Africa Limited, has commended the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in taking a tough policy decisions to restore confidence and make the economy attractive for foreign capital inflows. Chioke, while speaking at the official lunch of the ‘Nigerian Banking Sector Report’ by Afrinvest...

The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma has said that the Federal Government was not planning to sell off all major national assets in order to pull the country out of recession. He made the clarification on Saturday when speaking ahead of the forthcoming Nigerian Economic Summit,...

First Nigerian university on the ranking A global ranking of universities released by the Times Higher Education has placed the University of Ibadan Oyo State at number 801 among the best 978 in the world. The 2016-2017 ranking just released shows that the university was the only one in Nigeria...