archiveNovember 2017

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Monday, sentenced Yewande Oyediran to seven-year imprisonment for killing her husband after a fight between them at their Ibadan home. Justice Munta Abimbola delivering judgement said the manslaughter submission was admitted because it was a marital squabble and not premeditated. The...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated the National Minimum Wage Committee at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Buhari at the inauguration, urged members of the Committee to amicably consider the issue of a National Minimum Wage and all matters ancillary to it with thoroughness and concern not only for...

  By Rev. Fr. Evaristus Bassey I was really afraid when President Buhari was ill and away for that long. I worried that if anything terminal happened to him, Nigeria would be in for it, for already conspiracy theories were rife that he was poisoned and there were rumours of...

The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has as blamed most of the non-performing loans by the deposit money banks on the directors of the institutions. Director, Bank Examination Department of the NDIC, Mr A.A Adeleke, who said this was disclosed from its examinations revealed this while speaking on the topic,...

FCMB Group Plc reported a profit before tax (PBT) of N6.8 billion for the nine months ended 30 September 2017, representing a 64 per cent increase over the performance of the second quarter ended June 30, 2017. The group is a holding company with subsidiaries including First City Monument Bank...

…No hiding place for tax evaders with data sharing …FG reviews tax profiles of companies which receive major payments in the last 5yrs …Rules out extension of March 31, 2018 deadline for tax evaders The Federal Government has recruited and trained 2,190 Community Tax Liaison Officers (CTLOs) under the Voluntary...

  All is now set for the two day capacity building workshop for practicing journalists in Bayelsa scheduled to hold tomorrow and Tuesday at the Top Rank Hotel in Yenagoa. Organised by‎ the Bayelsa State Ministry of Information and Orientation‎, the workshop will be declared open by the Deputy Governor...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) spent about N6 billion to establish a business school in the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Kaduna. The university’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, made this known on Saturday at ABU’s 40th convocation ceremony held at its main campus, Samaru, Zaria. Garba said the business...

  *Economic speech details trajectory of the Buhari presidency, offering policy insights "We must pay attention to what we are seeing today, and some of the shameless noises of those who brought our nation to its knees, many of whom still have looted funds in their possession, trying to rewrite...

  The Federal Ministry of Finance said its attention has been drawn to attempts by some importers and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) to malign the name of the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, and the Ministry over spurious claims of refusing to grant import duty waivers in respect of...