archiveJanuary 2017

"Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans and people of the world, thank you. We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its promise for all of our people. Together, we will determine...

The Federal Government of Nigeria raised 214.95 billion naira ($704.18m) in local currency bonds at its first auction this year with the debt sold at yields below galloping inflation, the Debt Management Office said on Thursday. According to Reuters’ report monitored by Business247 News Online, the sale was on Wednesday....

MTN Group may put off plans to list its Nigerian operation until 2018 as Africa’s largest wireless carrier works to resolve a regulatory dispute and awaits an economic recovery in the continent’s most populous country. “It’s a work in progress and hopefully within the 12 to 18 month period we...

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari , as part of his mandate as mediator, will be hosting four other West African leaders to a meeting aimed at avoiding violence and preserving democracy in The Gambia. Buhari, and the immediate past President of Ghana, John Mahama as...

Vice President, Professor Yemi  Osinbajo came  back  to  Abuja on Thursday night from Davos, Switzerland where he  led Nigeria’s delegation to World Economic Forum (WEF). According to a press statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to the President, Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande the...

Following profit-taking in Diamond Bank Plc, Julius Berger Plc, among other shares, The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index (NSE ASI) on Thursday dropped by 0.17 per cent to indicate a three-day consecutive loss by investors. Within four trading days- Monday to Thursday, investors in the equities market of the NSE...

PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc, on Thursday announced that that it will be filing its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended 30 November 2016 in a week’s time. The company explained that its notice endorsed by the Company Secretary Abiola Laseinde, is in compliance with regulatory authorities (The Nigerian...

.Says mobile money feedback disappointing The Managing Director/CEO, Nigeria Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS), Ade Shonubi has reiterated the rising significance of digital or online media in financial news reporting, saying it is where the future lies. Speaking on Thursday at the launch of Ficannews.com, an online news website published by...

...it's for bill on transparency, accountability - Dickson The Ad hoc Committee on State and Local Government Administration of the Nigerian Senate has given the government of Bayelsa State thumbs up on the prudent management of resources accruing to it. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Abdullahi Gumel gave the commendation,...

An eight-member Local Government Service Commission has been sworn in, with a charge, to among other duties, sanitize the administration of the third tier of government in the state. The Governor who performed the ceremony in Government House, Yenagoa, stressed the need for the commission to tackle the issue of...