archiveOctober 5, 2017

The senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has urged the Senate to investigate the finances of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC. Speaking on the floor of the Senate on Thursday, the lawmaker alleged that the agency has squandered over N11 billion (N11, 270, 836, 246.32). Giving the breakdown of NBC’s...

The Federal Government is partnering with neighbouring countries to ensure that the country’s porous borders are better policed to tackle smuggling and the influx of counterfeit products into the country, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo said that this will further promote the patronage of Made-in-Nigeria products...

The Bankers Committee comprising the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Chief Executive Officers of banks in Nigeria has threatened that henceforth, exporters who fail to repatriate export proceeds will be sanctioned. Rising from its meeting on Thursday in Lagos, the committee said the sanction will be by way of...

President Muhammadu Buhari has presented Mrs Aishah Ahmad to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to the presidential aide, Ahmad is...

The Federal Government on Thursday released the proceeds of the N100 billion Sukuk bond for 25 road projects across the country. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, handed over the N100 billion proceeds cheque to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, in Abuja. The...

Unity Bank has charged organizations and Government to pay greater attention to Employee Assistance Programmes to minimize depression, anxiety, excessive stress, worry and addictions in the workspace in order to impact positively on job performance, mental and physical health and emotional wellbeing of their workforce. Writing on its recent partnership...