archiveAugust 2017

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said that banks operating in Nigeria sacked 8,663 staff in the first six months of this year. This is contained in the latest data of organisation released on Monday titled: “Selected Banking Sector Data: Sectorial Breakdown of Credit, ePayment Channels and Staff Strength”....

The Trade Union Congress (TUC), has urged the Federal Government to accede to the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by prioritising them. Chairman of TUC, Enugu State chapter, Mr Chukwuma Igbokwe, made this appeal while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on...

The Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, have confirmed receipt of a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari informing the Senate and the House of his resumption. Saraki said: “I have received a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari informing the Senate...

The Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday that the Buhari administration spent N1.3tn on capital projects in 2016, the highest in the history of the country. Osinbajo disclosed this at a plenary of the 2017 Nigerian Bar Association national conference in Lagos with the theme: “African Business: Penetrating Through Institution...

President and founder of Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), Dr. Fredrick Fasehun , has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to honorably resign from office. Addressing journalists in Lagos, the OPC leader said that it was now evident that Buhari was medically unfit to continue in office. Fasehun says: “Resignation is the...

Profit taking that dragged down the Index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange for most part of last week continued on Monday as the market All Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization decreased by 0.91 per cent as investors recorded N116 billion value erosion. The year-to-date return of the...

Nigerian Tulip International College (NTIC) has secured two semi-final slots for Kaduna State in the on-going 2017 Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics TV Quiz Show, sponsored by Cowbell, the flagship brand of Promasidor Nigeria Limited. This means the Northern part of Nigeria will be represented in the semi-finals for both the...

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) will on August 26, 2017 will induct 1034 new members in Lagos. CIBN in a statement in Lagos on Monday said that the granduants would be inducted at its 2017 Graduates Induction and Prize Awards Day. The institute said the new members...

The Nigerian Navy has released the results of the Nigerian Navy 27 rating cadre recruitment online. The examination screening was conducted on Saturday, August 12, 2017. Candidates who applied can now check the portal www.joinnigeriannavy.com to see if they qualified for the next stage. If they are successful, they will...

Delta Air Lines is offering customers a new way to reach Lagos, Nigeria, starting March 24, 2018, via new service from the airline's New York-JFK hub. Fly will operate three times a week, which complements the existing four-time weekly service from Atlanta. "JFK is one of Delta's gateways to the...