archiveSeptember 25, 2017

In line with the Federal Government’s drive to ensure transparency in the public-private partnership (PPP) model it is deploying to finance critical infrastructure projects, the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) at the weekend launched the first of its kind contract disclosure portal. The acting Director-General of the ICRC, Engr. Chidi...

President Muhammadu Buhari has been reported to have arrived Nigeria on Monday evening from London. The president travelled to London from the United States where he went for the 72nd United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, meeting. The president’s arrival on Monday evening was said to have led to a temporary...

• As Aig-Imoukhuede presides over his last AGM as Council President The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recorded a decline of 31 per cent in revenue generation for the year ended 31 December, 2016to record N4.46 billion in the review period. This was disclosed at its Annual General Meeting in Lagos...

Trading activities on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) began the week in a negative territory as the market All-Share Index (ASI) and Market Capitalisation recorded a loss of 0.37 per cent. Specifically, ASI goes 37 points lower at the close of trading session on Monday to close at 35,358.73 basis...

Twenty-two entrepreneurs received grants of N300,000 each to support their businesses when the train of the ongoing Goldberg empowerment initiative, Isedowo stopped in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Friday, September 22, 2017. The artisans are among the 100 participants Goldberg plans to support with N300, 000 through Isedowo across Southwest...

A leading media agency, mediaReach OMD is set to present the latest edition of mediafacts Book. The company has been instrumental in publishing the mediafacts Book annually (since 2001) with an objective to organize Media information in the West & Central Africa region; making it easily accessible and useful to...

• 2.99m school children in 19,881 schools in 14 states benefited so far Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has explained that one of the reasons the Buhari administration's Homegrown School Feeding Programme was conceived is to address problems of malnutrition especially regarding primary school pupils. Prof. Osinbajo stated this earlier...

In furtherance of the Buhari administration’s ease of doing business reforms, the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), which is chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will, on Tuesday, consider new and specific initiatives to be implemented over a 60-day period in the National Action Plan 2.0. It will...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), has said that the ongoing airlift of Nigerian pilgrims back into the country would be completed within the next 10 days. Abdullahi Mohammed, Chairman of the Commission, at a meeting with officials of the commission on Sunday night in Makkah, thanked Allah; adding...

The Trump administration has extended travel restrictions on certain foreigners from Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen to the United States of America. The new restrictions on travel vary by country. “Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our...