archiveJanuary 2017

By Nkem Ndem Cyberstalking may seem like fiction as not many in Nigeria are aware of its occurrence, however, it is quite real. With the advancement of technology and the birth of numerous links on the social media atmosphere, stalkers do not need to physically trail their victims in other...

US President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama's comments on each other have not always been complimentary Washington (AFP) - Barack Obama passes the reins of US power to Donald Trump on Friday. Since Trump's election victory in November, the Republican billionaire and the outgoing Democratic president have tried to...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) has affirmed that Nigeria will this year recover from economic recession, projecting that the nation's economy will grow by 0.8 per cent in 2017. The international body pinned its projection on increased crude oil production due to security improvement, said in its latest World Economic Outlook...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will commence the 2016 Batch B Stream II orientation for prospective corps members on January 24, 2017. The NYSC made this known in its official website on Monday, adding that the orientation would end on February 13. It said that the on-line printing of...

Heritage Bank has embarked on mass retrenchment of its workers with 400 staff sacked in December. Investigations by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday indicated that more workers are penciled for sack. NAN reports that the bank, in October 2014, acquired Enterprise Bank with about N56 billion (281...

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the global economy will grow by 3.4 per cent in 2017 Data by IMF suggest that the global economic landscape started to shift in the second half of 2016 and will grow 3.4 per cent in 2017. Economic Counsellor and Director,...

  Trading on the equities market segment resumed for the new week on a positive note to record a growth of 0.18 per cent as lead market indicator, the Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index (NSE ASI) close at 26,373.83 basis points from 26,325.93 basis points it opened on Monday....

  Stanbic IBTC Bank, a member of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, has charged parents to take advantage of its bouquet of payment solutions in order  minimize the financial burden of school fees as schools reopen for a new term. The bank listed its educational payment solutions to include Short Term Loans,...

Gambian leader says he needs judges to hear his petitions Swearing-in of vote winner Barrow planned on Jan. 19 Gambia’s Yahya Jammeh called on regional heads of state to help the country find judges so that its Supreme Court can hear his objections to his loss in a presidential election...

The Head of Research, Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Dr Olusegun Omisakin, says rising inflation rate in the country has gone beyond the control of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Omisakin made the observation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. NAN reports...