archiveNovember 2017

  I received members of the All Progressives Congress at my house in Abuja. They had come to appeal to me to join their party after my party, the Peoples Democratic Party, had become factionalized as a result of the special convention of August 31, 2013. The fractionalization of the...

  *FG plans to engage more youths in region in its Social Investment Programmes *We’re encouraged by Government’s efforts – EU The Buhari administration, in line with its New Vision for the Niger Delta to develop it, will integrate more youths in the region in its Social Investment Programmes, particularly...

The Nigerian Equities market maintained its position in the green zone with an All Share Index gain of 0.22 per cent on its previous close of 36,608.76 points to close at 36,688.75 points on Thursday. Likewise, Market capitalization closed higher at 12.758 trillion naira and market breadth closed bullish with...

Students have been advised to focus on their abilities and talents in order to take advantage of opportunities in their chosen career. Speaking on Thursday in Lagos at this year’s edition of Beyond the School, an initiative of the Nigerian Breweries/Felix Ohiwerei Education Trust Fund, Emilia Asim-Ita, a Senior Consultant...

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, has stated that tollgates would be reintroduced on the highways across the country at 38 points, adding that a software would be used to monitor movement of vehicles at the tollgates. Fashola made this known on Thursday during an...

  The African Development Bank (ADB) has injected $450 million to the Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN) for on-lending to Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). Vice President of ADB, Pierre Guislain disclosed this at a media briefing hosted by the DBN in Abuja. Guislain who visited the management of...

  The Federal Government of Nigerian has said that she is now in possession of names of 500 Nigerians implicated in tax fraud. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice President made this known in a statement made on Thursday night. The release highlighted the...

*Details awaited in final report *FG obtains list of 500 Nigerians with property, trusts abroad who are underpaying taxes   An Ad-Hoc Committee of the National Economic Council (NEC) has reported back to the Council that a number of revenue-generating agencies may have significantly under remitted returns to the Federation...

Lagos Business School has announced the launch of two academies focused on Human Resources Management and Sales & Marketing on Wednesday, November 22, 2017. The academies have been designed to help professionals in these disciplines close competency gaps that impede their performance and position them to deliver immediate bottom-line impact...

***There is no better opportunity than this conference, for a thorough engagement on the whys and wherefores, but more importantly, the practical steps that are required, to ensure that African aviation is not left behind in the growth story of world aviation. Remarks by the Vice President, Federal Republic of...