archiveDecember 8, 2016

The Nigerian Telecommunication Commission (NCC) has advised consumers to take advantage of the 2442 short code to choose the type of messages they want to receive. The Executive Vice-Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, gave the advice on Thursday at the 79th Telecom Consumers Parliament in Abuja. According to him,...

The Senate on Thursday tasked the Federal Government to immediately overhaul and reposition the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme in the interest of corps members and the nation. This resolution followed death of three corps members, Miss Ifedolapo Oladepo, Miss Elechi Chiyerom and Mr. Ukeme Asuquo in their orientation...

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it was ready to roll out Lake Rice on December 15 to residents at N13,000 per 50kg towards the Yuletide celebrations. The Special Adviser on Food Security to Governor Akinwumi Ambode, Mr. Sanni Okanlawon, made the disclosure in Lagos during the Lagos Chamber...

Amidst decline in market turnover, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recorded a marginal gain of 0.25 per cent on Thursday as the market was lifted by positive momentum in Industrial and Banking stocks. This performance was largely impacted by buying interests in Dangote Cement Plc, Forte Oil and Zenith Bank...

..As CBN plans to sell N1.23b worth of TB in Q1 2017 The Nigerian currency, Naira, on Thursday steady at the parallel market at N485 against the dollar compared with N483 to a dollar, traded on Wednesday. This is even as the Federal Government plans to raise about N1.23 billion...

The attention of Afenifere has been drawn to "a Bill for an Act to establish the National Development Bank, 2015’, and sponsored by Senator Ibrahim Gobir which seeks to repeal the Bank of Industry (BoI), the Bank for Commerce and Industry Act and the National Economic Reconstruction Fund Act. The...

  By ABDUL OLALEKAN The pension industry will witness another revolution by the time micro pension scheme commences in the pension sector of the country, as it will incorporate about 70 per cent of Nigerians in the informal sector of the country into the new pension scheme, said Chief Executive,...

Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson has called on Nigerians and government at all levels to treat members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), serving in their various domains with the honour and dignity the scheme represents in our national life. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary,...

Indian state-run oil refiners have indicated interest to increase total crude oil consumption volume next year with additional 2 million metric tons  of crude oil import from Nigeria in 2017. The Nigerian crude oil term contracts involve the export of around 1.17 million barrels per day (b/d) of Nigerian crude,...

*FG releases over N53m for 1050 primary schools to serve meals to 76, 690 pupils in the State *More than 3.4m pupils to be fed across total 17 states under 2016 budget *No fees required to benefit in the Social Investment schemes In another rollout of one of the Social...