archiveJune 22, 2017

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has written to Senator Dino Melaye, notifying him that it has received a petition for his recall. It would be recalled that INEC on Wednesday received over 188,000 eligible voters in Melaye’s Kogi West constituency signing for his recall. INEC in a statement on...

• World Bank to lend $500m for conditional cash transfers Nigeria is rolling out its first national social-welfare program modeled partly on Brazil’s Bolsa Familia in a bid to boost a weak economy and curb poverty by giving cash to its poorest citizens and ensuring their children go to school....

Equities trading on the floor of The Nigerian Stock Exchange continued on the negative lane on Thursday when the twin-indicators, the All-share Index and Market Capitalisation depreciated by 1.64 per cent respectively. The All-Share index shaded 549.45 basis points to close at 32,928.44 basis points from 33,477.89 basis points it...

The Arewa Consultative Youth Assembly has appealed to Prof. Pat Utomi to push forward his leadership mentoring by helping set the course for a rejuvenated Nigeria as part of ACYA campaign for quality leadership across the 36 states of the federation. A delegation of Arewa Consultative Youth Assembly made the...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has commended the Debt Management Office (DMO) on arrangements to issue the maiden N100billion Sukuk in the Nigerian Capital Market. In a statement by the SEC, “This is a major milestone for Nigeria as it will catalyze the development of non-interest capital market products....

...demands details of new education curriculum ...says it should be suspended ...warns against merging of CRS, IRS and Civic Education ...Adamu is not saying the whole truth The Christian Association Nigeria (CAN) has called on the Federal Ministry of Education and the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to...