archiveMarch 13, 2017

• Approves 48 out 54 accounts The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has approved the 2015 financial accounts of 48 out of the 54 insurance companies in the country even as the regulator of the industry queried the accounts of Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI), Nicon Insurance, and Universal Insurance Company, just...

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has said that the pilot of the Dana plane crash that killed 153 passengers and crew in a Lagos suburb of Iju-Ishaga about five years ago, an American, Captain Peter Waxton, was responsible for the crash. The final report released on Monday of the accident...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may hold its national convention in the second quarter of this year where new national officers of the party will be elected. Indications to this effect came on Monday as part of the resolutions contained in a communiqué issued at the end of a meeting...

It will take 170 years to achieve economic equality between women and men, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Amina Mohammed, has said. Mohammed, in her message to the Youth Forum of the Commission on the Status of Women, ahead of the International Commission on the Status of Women, said women...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization decreased by 0.40 per cent, while the year-to-date return stood at -6.47 per cent as investors opened the week trading with a loss of N35 billion. The All-Share Index closed at 25,136.63 against the previous close of 25,238.01...

Comments made by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari this morning and was accosted by State House Correspondents with questions Q: Can you confirm if the president is fully ready for work? VP: He is doing very well, he is in his office and we...

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board(JAMB) will commence the sale of its 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations admission forms on March 20. The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made the announcement in a statement obtained on Monday in Abuja. According to him, the sale of forms and registration...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday resumed duty as the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This was after 54 days after he proceeded on vacation in London. The president’s resumption was announced in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media, Mr. Femi Adesina....

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to extend Bank Verification Number (BVN) requirement to account holders in Microfinance Banks (MFBs). According to her, this would facilitate the detection of bank accounts which might have been opened and operated in such banks...

Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has expressed sadness over the death of former Military Governor of old Mid-Western State and later civilian Governor of Bendel State, Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia. Ogbemudia reportedly died on March 9, 2017. The governor in a condolence message to the Government and people of...