archiveJune 2017

The Meter Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, EMMAN, has appealed to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to extend the directive of `no meter no payment’ to all electricity consumers nationwide. Mr. Muyideen Ibrahim, the association’s Executive Secretary, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on...

FSDH Merchant Bank Limited has predicted that despite the significant increases in retail prices, a year-on-year (YoY) tracking of Nigeria’s inflation factors indicate that base effects would yield a huge drop in headline index to 16.13 per cent for the month of May 2017, representing a massive 94 basis point...

Being text of Opening Remarks by the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, at the meeting with Leaders of Thought from the Northern States held at the Old Banquet Hall, State House , Abuja on Tuesday, 13th June, 2017 First let me say how honoured I am, by your response to...

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) said it generated N778.19 billion revenue in the first quarter of 2017. This is according to a progress report by the FIRS sent to the Federal Ministry of Finance and obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja. The report, which...

The Federal Government on Tuesday started a move to return the country to a predictable January to December fiscal year with early preparation of the 2018 budget proposals. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udoma, said this in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, James Akpandem...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed on Tuesday that the total revenue generated by the country through Value Added Tax (VAT) stood at N204.77 billion in the first quarter of this year as against N207.35 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016. The NBS in the report stated that...

The Senate on Tuesday gave Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) seven days to recover monies collected by banks on behalf of Nigeria Customs Service but not remitted to it. The Committee on Customs Excise and Tariff gave the order at an investigative meeting with the CBN, Ministry of Finance, Federal...

Acting Presiden,t Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, ordered the security chiefs to ensure that all lives of Nigerians and their property are fully protected at all times and always, anywhere in the country. He gave the directives during a meeting with the security chiefs over the weekend. A statement by his...

On behalf of the Federal Executive Council, and all Nigerians, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, congratulates former Head of State and African elder statesman, retired Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on his 75TH birthday, today June 13, 2017. Osinbajo joins the family and friends of General Abubakar in celebrating this significant milestone,...

The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Revd Nicholas Okoh, has approved the appointment of a renowned Media Consultant and Fellow of Nigerian Guild of Editors, Chief Folu Olamiti and eight others as management board of the Anglican Church Television. Olamiti was former Editor and Group Managing...