archiveSeptember 2016

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...

They say when life throws you lemons, make lemonade but I wonder what one makes when life throws you bullets. Since the last Muslim holiday in July till 2nd of September this year; my life took a toll for the worst. You see, I have many children and I love...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that it was planning to borrow N952.04 billion ($3.02 billion) with new issues of Treasury Bills from September 15 to December 1, 2016. The CBN in its latest Treasury Bills issuance calendar said it would sell N264.47 billion worth of three-month bills,...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that the nation’s telecommunications sector has recorded its biggest addition to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in six years as it contributed 9.8 per cent of the nation’s GDP in the said period. According to the NBS, the sector contributed as much as...