archiveAugust 2017

Zenith Bank says it will encourage more Nigerian students to participate in the annual Microsoft Office Specialist Championship. The annual Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship is a global competition that tests students’ skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Miss Katherine Eta, a Nigerian secondary school student, came third in...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index (NSE ASI) and the Market Capitalization decreased by 0.11 per cent as a result of profit taking by investors on the Exchange even as the year-to-date return stood at 41.78 per cent. The All-Share Index closed at 38,102.85 against the previous close of 38,144.02...

The federal government through the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and the Credit Bureau Association of Nigeria (CBAN) have said that a well-structured credit reporting system would improve ease of doing business in Nigeria and ultimately lead to quick recovery of the Nigerian economy. This was part of the...

The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) on Monday announced L5 Lab, a leading indigenous venture development company, as the preferred vendor for the production and provision of technical support services for its proposed PEBEC technology solution which would empower citizens to monitor, evaluate and provide feedback on services received...

By Emmanuel Bello As the PDP meets this weekend for its convention at Abuja, Taraba state should not be denied its pride of place. And I dare say the way Taraba would be treated would be a pointer to whether PDP is really serious about its transformation or not. One...

In its quest to deliver sustainable socio-economic development to Nigerians, the Buhari administration will no longer accept excuses that suggest such progress is not attainable, according to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo spoke earlier today at the Cabinet Retreat on the Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) and the...

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a donation of 5,000 metric tons of rice from the Government of Nigeria. This will help feed nearly half-a-million internally displaced people in the conflict-ravaged northeast of the country, where the threat of famine endures. WFP has already begun moving the...

There was jubilation on Thursday morning in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), following the announcement of the Director of Press, Bolaji Adebiyi from Lagos State, as one of the 21 new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. Some of the workers said...

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that the N7 trillion federal budget for 2017 is not sufficient to facilitate the desired economic development in the country, hence the government was making the investment climate profitable and easy for private sector involvement. According to him, Nigeria was opening up for...

Fitch Ratings has revised its 2017 and 2018 world GDP growth forecasts by increasing it to 3.0 per from 2.9 per cent in June and 3.2 per cent from 3.1 per cent, respectively. According to world leading rating agency, “The revisions are led by emerging markets and China in particular,...