archiveDecember 2016

A total of 122 hotels across the country have been awarded the Customer Choice Awards by Jumia Travel, Africa’s number one hotel booking platform. The hotels were selected based on positive reviews from customers who booked on the platform and lodged in these hotels. The Jumia Travel Customers' Choice Selection...

2016 is a year of recession that affected every sector including insurance industry, but hopes are high that 2017 could be a new dawn for insurance sector as well as the country if government harmonise its fiscal and monetary policies. Moreover, the commencement of Risk Based Supervision (RBS) which will...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Monday rejoiced with all Christians in the country as they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ amidst economic recession. CAN's message was contained in a statement by its President, Rev. Dr. Samson Olasupo Ayokunle, as it also identified with the victims of the...

Nigeria’s economy has received a major boost with the discovery of coal deposit in commercial quantity in Sokoto State. Others minerals earlier discovered include phosphate for making fertilizer, gold, limestone, gypsum, iron ore, copper, columbite, tantalite, zinc, kaolin among others. Speaking during a capacity building workshop on Special Purpose Vehicles...

The General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Saturday admonished state governors in the country to protect the interest of their people. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adeboye made the call in Ado-Ekiti at the palace of Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe....

Two people were killed when part of a two-storey building in a police training college collapsed in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Sunday, the police and the emergency agency said. According to Reuters, the collapse happened at about 04:00 a.m. (10.00 p.m. ET) in the densely populated Ikeja district of...

As Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ today, Sunday, December 25th, the world over, President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians, especially Christians, to use the period to pray to God for divine guidance in order to overcome the current challenges facing the country. President Buhari gave the charge...

A turnover of 1.261 billion shares worth N17.520 billion in 14,861 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Exchange in contrast to a total of 1.656 billion shares valued at N12.580 billion that exchanged hands last week in 12,860 deals. The Financial Services Industry led...

By Nkem Ndem Leaving your valuables in your room while lodged in a hotel can be very disconcerting. Whether you have placed it in a safe as most hotels would suggest or you have put it safely in your luggage, you can never be too sure. How safe is the...

Former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has denied reports that he would contest the 2019 presidential election. There were reports that Jonathan who left office last year following his defeat by President Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28, 2015 presidential election, was under pressure to return to power. Vanguard newspaper quoted Ikechukwu...