archiveApril 2017

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has commended Governor Seriake Dickson for dedicating Bayelsa State to God and for promoting various activities to glorify the almighty since he assumed office in 2012. According to the ‎body, the ongoing construction of the ecumenical centre is one of the most remarkable pointer...

Bayelsa State governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, speaks on his achievements and a revolution in the education sector. Excerpts! “Q: Sir, it was widely expected that some laudable projects by this administration like the drug mart, the diagnostics centre, and so on would have been commissioned last month during the celebration...

The British Government will give the Federal Government information about Nigerians who own property in that country next year, a presidential aide has said. Bolaji Owosanoye, Executive Secretary, Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, told the correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York that negotiations on this...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday injected another $240 million into the nation’s foreign exchange market to sustain Naira’s gains against the Dollar and other hard currencies. A total of $90 million was targeted at meeting requests for invisibles such as BTA/PTA, medical and school fees while the...

On Monday, the naira depreciated further at the black market despite the commitment and efforts of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to boost liquidity in the market. The naira lost two points to exchange at N395 to the dollar from N393 recorded on Friday, while the pound sterling and...

Following the approval granted the Lagos State Government by the Board Listings, Markets and Technology Committee of FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange for the listing of the Lagos State ₦47.00 billion Bond on the OTC Exchange, in an unrivalled time to market, comes the approval for the listing of the Mixta...

As a sigh of absolute confidence in the management of SunTrust Bank, its customers increased deposits in the bank by 432 per cent, making it possible for the bank to declare a profit before tax of N343 million, an increase of 160.3 per cent over the N131.9 million reported in...

Volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday decreased by 83.55 per cent from 593.869 million to 97.694 million, while the total value of stock traded decreased by 99.28 per cent from ₦94.264 billion to ₦0.683 billion in 2,634 deals. Also, the market began the week on...

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), in Abuja on Monday gave a 24-hour ultimatum within which a Special Offences Mobile Court in Lagos, should release 13 students of the University of Lagos, currently being detained at the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons. NANS threatened to invade the Kirikiri Maximum Prisons and...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) says the tight monetary policy recommended for Nigeria by IMF is inconsistent with economic recovery process. Mr Muda Yusuf, the Director-General of LCCI, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Yusuf was reacting...