archiveNovember 2016

By Nkem Ndem Italy and Brazil may be known as the flagship countries that popularized festivals all over the world, but with time, other countries and societies, including Nigeria are now rising up and boosting their local festivals so much that they now even stand a chance at competing with...

The President /Chairman, Chartered institute of Banker of Nigeria (CIBN) Professor Segun Ajibola has warned the Federal Government of Nigeria to tackle the international barriers to Nigeria domestic good in order to succeed with the country’s goal of diversification. The CIBN chief , who made this statement over the weekend...

South Africa's telecom group MTN has met with Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss a possible Initial Public Offering (IPO) and how it wanted to structure the share sale; the head of Nigeria's SEC told Reuters. According to Reuters’ report monitored by Business247 News Online, SEC Director General,...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revealed through its Director, Banking and Payment System, Mrs. Tokunbo Martins that the nation’s currency has lost about 85 per cent of its value in the last two years Martins who disclosed this at the weekend in a presentation made at a round-table...

…Donates N100m food items to IDPs and returnees in Yobe Moved by the plight of the Internally Displayed Persons (IDPs) and returnees in Yobe State, many of whom have been hit by starvation, the Dangote Foundation has flagged off the distribution of food and other relief items worth over N100...

Physical verification before final deployment, process fraud-free---Presidency Over 90 per cent of the 200,000 unemployed Nigerian graduates selected in the first batch of the N-Power Volunteer Corps (NPVC), have been verified using the Bank Verification Number (BVN), and any untrue information submitted in the process of application is a ground...

The Bayelsa State Government has re-assured workers of its preparedness to pay full salaries at the end of this month, with a view to cushioning the financial hardship caused by the current economic situation facing the country The Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah (Rtd), gave the assurance over...

The transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has congratulated INEC for conducting a peaceful and conclusive election in Ondo State calls for more strategies to address card readers’ failures in future election. TMG made this remarks in its preliminary statement on the Ondo State Gubernatorial Election of November 26, 2016 signed by...

The new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Sola Enikanolaiye, on Sunday assured Nigerians that Donald Trump’s presidency would not disrupt the U. S. and Nigeria’s long-existing relations. Enikanolaiye told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Lagos that there was no need for Nigerians to be agitated...

…University partners with Dangote Academy President of Dangote Group and Africa's richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, was at the weekend awarded with Honorary Doctor of Business Administration by the Coventry University of United Kingdom. The award was in recognition of his significant longstanding contribution to global business, social enterprise and...