archiveJuly 17, 2017

*Acting President receives Malala, Club de Madrid & ICAO delegations The need for the development and dissemination of alternative and counter narratives to challenge terrorism and violent extremism was again stressed today by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. He spoke earlier today at two different events: one, while receiving a...

West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the May/June 2017 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) with 59.22 per cent of 1,559,192 candidates who wrote the examination made credits in five subjects, including English and Mathematics. Announcing the results on Monday the Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Olu...

The Appeal Court has dismissed a stay of proceedings application filed by the governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, in a case challenging his election into office. Olusegun Abraham, a governorship aspirant under All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last election, is challenging the choice of Akeredolu as the flag...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization increased by 0.12 per cent, while the year-to-date return stood at 23.91 per cent. The All Share Index closed at 33,301.43 against the previous close of 33,261.66 while Market Capitalization closed at ₦11.477 trillion against previous close of...

The Chief Consultant of Biodun Adedipe Associates Limited, a firm of Financial and Management Consultants, Biodun Adedipe will address key issues in the economy at the forthcoming Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) Half-Year Economic Review. The event, which will hold at FICAN Centre, Onipanu Lagos on July 20, will...

General Secretary, National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, Mr Isa Aremu said the Nigeria economy cannot recover with workers poorly paid. The labour leader on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to constitute a national minimum wage review committee without delay to alleviate workers’ suffering. ”There...

...say embattled ES rude, should to apologise to Nigerians, Adewole Over 30 civil rights organisations under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society Groups (COCSGs), on Monday, described as biased the ethnic intervention by the House of Representatives and Northern Youth groups on the suspension of the Executive Secretary of...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) says it welcomes a contribution of AUD$3 million (US$2.2 million) from the Government of Australia that will provide food and nutritional assistance to tens of thousands of people in northeastern Nigeria, where the Boko Haram insurgency and the current lean season have intensified...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said inflation rate has declined to 16.10 per cent in June, representing fifth consecutive decline in the rate since January 2017. The 16.10 per cent inflation rate in June represents 0.15 per cent drop from 16.25 per cent recorded in May. The bureau...

Nasdaq and The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) have officially announced that NSE has launched a new market surveillance platform powered by SMARTS, Nasdaq's flagship surveillance solution. The technology will, amongst other things, enable NSE to proactively monitor market manipulation (including spoofing and layering), detect and deter manipulative tendencies, gather intelligence,...