archiveDecember 16, 2016

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released the results of the General Certificate of Education  (GCE) withholding the results of 13,488 private candidates out of the 172,699 who sat for the 2016 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Head of National Office (HNO) WAEC, Mr Olu Adenipekun, announced...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization increased by 0.56 per cent, while the Year-to-Date return stood at -6.76 per cent The All Share Index closed at 26,707.10 against the previous close of 26,559.01 while Market Capitalization closed at ₦9.189 trillion against previous close...

The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation has  mandated the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for payment of naira equivalent of US$1,173,820.00 at N305/$  to Nigeria Football Federation to pay outstanding winning bonuses for Super Eagles in the 2018 World Cup qualifying matches and for the Super Falcons’...

A leading lawyer and activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has said that the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu cannot continue in acting capacity despite being rejected by the Senate as substantive chairman of the anti-graft agency, stating that the anti-graft agency is too sensitive...

Forty per cent of men aged about 40 years and above are living with prostate cancer and many are unaware of their status, an expert has said. Dr Ovunda Omudu, Head, Department of Surgery at the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, disclosed this on Thursday while delivering a lecture on cancer...

The social media and indeed Nigerians woke on Tuesday morning with the news of highly talked about social financial network popularly known as Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox (MMM) has been frozen for one month. In this analysis Niyi Olaoye speaks with participants on the possible negative pain on Nigerians if the...

….hosts Bayelsa State Assembly members Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has said more projects would be inaugurated in the first quarter of 2017, to change the landscape of the state in demonstration of his administration’s preparedness to bequeath enduring legacies. Governor Dickson gave the assurance at a cocktail party,...

The incoming UN Deputy Secretary-General, Nigeria’s Ms Amina Mohammed, has thanked Secretary-General-designate, António Guterres, and President Muhammadu Buhari for the confidence they reposed in her. Mohammed, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in New York said she would continue to lay strong foundations for...

A sum of N386.879 billion was disbursed as Federal Allocation for November 2016 for the Federal Government, State Governments and Local Government Councils of the federation. The figure was released after the meeting of the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in Abuja on Thursday. According to figures released by...

The Federal Government on Thursday said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration was not responsible for the hardship currently being experienced by Nigerians as a result of the economic recession. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, said this while answering reporters’ questions after the last meeting of...