archiveMay 2017

• FG has served 25m meals, spends over N41b so far, plans heavy ramp up Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed that over a million Nigerians are now beneficiaries of Mohammadu Buhari's Social Investment Programme, including, 57,234 interest free loans given to artisans and traders even as he has...

The Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), recently launched by the Federal Government, needs a robust roll-out plan. This was the assertion of Mr Olufemi Awoyemi, CEO of Proshare . Awoyemi was a guest at the Channels Television business program “Business Morning on Monday. Awoyemi sharing his perspective on the...

Institute of Directors (IoD) Nigeria will on May 18 in Lagos hold a premier interactive Government Meets Business Forum on Transport and Logistics with the theme: ‘Transportation: The Vehicle of Growth’. Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi is expected to discuss the state of the industry. A member of the Transport...

Nigerian economy has been ranked amongst least competitive economies in the world as the country ranked 127th of 138 globally – Report Nigeria, for the second year in a row, is ranked the 13th least stable country in the world on the Fragile States Index (FSI) released by the Washington...

Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commenced massive issuance of passports to intending travellers to clear the backlog of applications caused by non-availability of booklets. A source from the service told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the NIS recently took delivery of new passport booklets which were...

The Osun Deputy Governor, Mrs Titi Laoye-Tomori, on Monday appeared before the coroner panel set up by Gov. Rauf Aregbesola, to probe the death of Sen. Isiaka Adeleke. Laoye-Tomori, who arrived the courtroom at around 10:35a.m., said she waived her immunity to appear before the coroner to give evidence because...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization decreased by 2.41 per cent, while the year-to-date return stood at 2.38 per cent. The All Share Index closed at 27,513.69 against the previous close of 28,192.46 while Market Capitalization closed at ₦9.511 trillion against previous close of...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it will resume oil exploration in the Lake Chad Basin of Borno state. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Dr Maikanti Baru, disclosed this when he visited Gov. Kashim Shettima at the Government House in Maiduguri on Monday. Baru was represented at the...

Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has raised alarm over the recently passed 2017 Appropriation bill for the country by the National Assembly and appealed to Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, to withhold assent on the bill until proper scrutiny is done to ensure all forms of “puddings” are expunged....

• Dogara reveals what Nigeria needs to fight corruption The President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has said that the current anti-corruption war has not “yielded much success” because of too much sensationalism, stressing that the current efforts was as five “minutes sensationalism”. Speaking on Monday at the ‎launch...