archiveJuly 13, 2017

The Nigerian bourse has continued its positive run as the market All-Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization increased by 0.80 per cent, while the year-to-date return stood at 23.71 per cent as investors on The Exchange gained N92 billion. The All-Share Index closed at 33,246.91 against the previous...

In obedience to the ultimatum handed Etisalat Nigerian by Abu Dhabi based Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) also known as Etisalat, Etisalat Nigeria, the mobile cellular network, has dropped the trade name and would henceforth be known as 9Mobile. 9Mobile is also expected to drop the domain name, www. etisalat. com.ng,...

A former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon on Thursday said Governor Seriake Dickson’s revolutionary approach to educational development would turn around the fortunes of Bayelsa State in the near future. Gowon stated this at the commissioning ceremony of the Ijaw National Academy at Kaiama, during which Governor Dickson presented...

The award winning Transcorp Hilton Abuja hotel in Nigeria is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, having officially opened its door to its first guest on the 21st of April, 1987. The iconic hotel, which has through the years, hosted Royalty, Presidents, Global leaders, celebrities and other dignitaries, gathered friends,...

A human rights group, Save Humanity Advocacy Centre, on Thursday indicted Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Abel Diah and other key actors in the recent crisis between Fulani and farmers in Sardauna Local Government Area of the state. The organisation said the...

Over 50 civil society organisations in Nigeria on Thursday gave an assessment of the security situation in the North East and concluded that all is now well. They, however, advised that the Nigerian military should maintain vigilance in the North East over the Boko Haram terrorists to ensure their total...

...say Diaspora should rescue nation's cracking foundation The Nigerian Christian Elders Forum (NCEF), the organisation of senior citizens in Christianity, has called on Nigerians in the Diaspora to come together and rescue their fatherland which is currently suffering because of a cracking foundation. The organisation warned that in Northern Nigeria,...

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun said the country has no choice but to continue to borrow in other to implement the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. Adeosun said this in a statement signed by the Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr Salisu Dambatta on...

Zenith Life Insurance partners Prudential Plc, one of the oldest and most capitalised life insurance companies in the world. According to a statement from Zenith Life on Wednesday in Lagos, the partnership agreement Zenith Life will now trade under Zenith-Prudential Life, it also involves an exclusive bancassurance agreement with Zenith...

Former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon has lauded the Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson for his commitment to infrastructural development and the building bridges of unity across the country. Gowon, who made the commendation at the official commissioning of the new Governor’s office complex in Government House,...