archiveAugust 2017

In a renewed effort to further propel the Buhari administration New Vision for the overall development of the Niger Delta, the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) will now be joining the Federal Government’s Inter-Ministerial Group tasked with the implementation of the vision. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday at the meeting of...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange has received the “CSR Company of the Year Award” at the Commerce & Industry Awards 2017 organised by Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). According to Muda Yusuf, Director General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), “the objective of the annual awards...

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has given clarifications on the Federal Government Nigerian’s planned Diaspora taxes. Adeosun who made the clarification on Thursday during a Facebook LIVE video chat named “Tax Thursday”. She explained that the new tax regime is not meant for all Nigerians in the Diaspora....

Nigeria expects its economy to grow 2.2 percent this year, the government said in a strategy document seen by Reuters on Thursday, after the country suffered its first recession in more than two decades in 2016. The 2018-2020 Medium Term Fiscal Framework and Strategy Paper, to form the basis for...

A total of 412 million shares valued at N4.7 billion were traded in 4,207 deals on The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday. The market capitalisation of the Exchange closed for the day at N12.8 trillion after increasing by N79.3 billion, thus extending the positive momentum that has been on for...

• Sends Kanu’s 'atrocities' to UN The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (ACF) has said that the quit notice it gave the Igbo people to vacate all northern states before October 1st still stands. The Forum also said that it has sent what it termed all the atrocities of the leader...

The Trump administration is greenlighting a nearly $600 million sale of high-tech attack planes to Nigeria, officials said Thursday. The goal is to shore up the West African nation's ability to fight Boko Haram and other extremists, despite U.S. concerns about human rights abuses by Nigerian security forces. The sale...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met with leaders of Niger Delta under the aegis of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) at the State House, Abuja where he presented the fact sheets on update and progress made in Federal Government’s new vision for the Niger Delta. The meeting which...

...Frowns at divisive tendencies in the nation “Very many poor people mean that there is a pool of individuals who have no stake in society and so it is our business to ensure that people have a stake in society”. Remarks made by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, at...

The Federal Government has announced a tax holiday ranging from three to five years to fresh 27 industries. The move follows the amendment of the list of pioneer industries and products at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday in Abuja. According...