archiveMay 21, 2017

The international rating agency, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) assigned ‘B’ long term and ‘B’ short term global scale counterparty credit ratings to the United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA). These ratings on the pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, are at par with S&P ratings on...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that it would watch recordings of proceedings in its Closed Circuit Camera Televisions (CCTVs) during the just-concluded Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to determine the candidates who cheated in the examination. JAMB’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said in...

Presidency on Sunday called on Nigerians to be patient from on the report of the Presidential Investigative Panel which invested the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Ayo Oke. The Spokesman to the Acting President, Prof....

The Federal Government, the 36 states and their local government areas have so far shared N1.4tn from the federation account, being revenue generated in the first quarter of 2017. The breakdown is contained in the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee report obtained on Sunday in Abuja. The key agencies that...

The NSE All-Share Index and Market Capitalization of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (The NSE) depreciated by 0.28 per cent and 0.27 per cent to close the week at 28,113.38 and N9.719 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other Indices finished lower during the week with the exception the NSE Premium, NSE Main...

Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on the people of Biogbolo Community in Yenagoa to sheath their swords and maintain a cordial relationship with their Igbo tenants. According to him, government has to arrest and prosecute the suspect who murdered a teenage girl in the community. Governor Dickson...

*Ag President holds interactive session with a large cross section of public, civil servants this week The Buhari administration will drive the new executive orders signed last week vigorously in its determination to significantly transform the business environment and how government business is done in the country. The Spokesperson of...

Fresh trouble appears imminent in the Republic of Cameroon as Southern Cameroon, an English-speaking people on Friday demanded restoration of their sovereignty. They also raised the alarm over alleged planned genocide against their people by citizens of the Republic of Cameroon. Speaking in Abuja at a press conference, representatives of...