archiveNovember 2016

As political parties jostle for votes ahead of the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State, Governor Seriake Dickson has arrived Akure, the state capital to campaign for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). A statement issued on Tuesday night by the Special Adviser to the Governor (Media Relations), Francis Agbo,...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked the claims in some media that Heritage Bank is in distress. The CBN in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja and signed by its Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, said the apex bank’s attention has “been drawn to false and...

A civil rights organisation and election monitoring group, the Independent Service Monitoring Group (ISDMG), has challenged Nigerians to be bold and hold desperate politicians responsible for the printing of fake election results ahead of the Rivers State Senatorial elections re-run. The ISDM described as laughable the way some people heap...

Crude oil drips from a valve at an oil well operated by Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, in the oil rich Orinoco belt, near Morichal at the state of Monagas April 16, 2015. According to Reuters report monitored by Business247 News Online, oil prices jumped 4 per cent on Tuesday,...

The Federal Ministry of Finance has announced the constitution of a committee to recover unremitted operating surpluses of agencies of government, running into N450billion. The committee led by the Accountant General of the Federation, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, is to reconcile the operating surpluses of 31 revenue-generating agencies of government for...

The President/Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Barkers of Nigeria (CIBN) Prof. Segun Ajibola, has said that the Institute was exploring new ways to forge a partnership with Skye Bank Plc and enhance economic growth. Ajibola, who dropped this hint when he led the council on a courtesy visit to...

Trading in equities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued on Tuesday in the negative territory where it opened the week on Monday.  The All-Share Index and Market Capitalization which opened the week at 26,170.88 basis points and ₦9.009 trillion respectively closed the day at 25,857.06 and ₦8.901 trillion respectively...

The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) has warned the public against falling to the antics of fraudsters who post fake auction advertisements purportedly by the service in the social media. Its Public Relations Officer (PRO) at Tin Can Island Port 2 Customs Command, Godwin Andishu, who, gave the warning in Lagos,...

Former Vice-president Atiku Abubakar has insisted that his former boss, ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, wanted a lifetime presidency and not just a third term in office. Atiku said this in an interview with a quarterly magazine published by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) called Zero Tolerance. The former vice-president...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has started the implementation of flexible cut-off marks to expand admissions to tertiary institutions of learning across the country. Registrar of the Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede said this on Monday at the second technical committee meeting on “2016 Admissions to Tertiary Institutions” held...