archiveDecember 4, 2017

Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun on Monday disclosed that the state was losing between N3 billion and N5 billion as revenue monthly from haphazard toll collection. The governor said this at the inauguration of harmonisation of haulage revenue collection in state, in Abeokuta. The event, with the theme: `Harmonisation Eradicating...

  As a result of public outcries against the activities and operation of the officers and men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a ‎detachment of the Nigeria Police Police, the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris on Monday ordered the immediate reorganisation of the unit nationwide. The directive...

The Nigerian Equities market sustained a positive form for the fourth successive trading session on Monday as NSE ASI increased by 0.08 per cent from its previous close of 37,944.60 points to close at 37,974.58 points. Market capitalization stood at N13.206 trillion and market breadth closed in favour of the...

  Targets becoming Africa’s Gateway to the World Access Bank, the full service commercial bank with headquarters in Nigeria and operations across Sub-Saharan Africa, the UK, Asia and the Middle East, today (Monday) announced its new five-year strategy with an ambitious plan to become Africa’s Gateway to the World. This...

  Not convinced takeover plan of majority shareholders isn’t fraudulent Local investors in the Nigerian capital market have called  on the nation;s apex capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)to carry out  forensic-audit of 7UP since 2014,”because we were yet to be convinced that the recent Takeover Notification...

  The Bayelsa State Government has condemned the killing of a prominent cattle dealer, Alhaji Jibril Abdulkarim, and three of his aides with a call on security agencies to apprehend the perpetrators without delay. The cattle merchant and member of the State Committee (Management and Control of Ranches) and Chairman...

  Engages youth on social media Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Senator  Atiku Abubakar on Sunday explained the reasons why he returned to People’s Democratic Party (PDP) the party he left four years ago to contest for the presidential ticket of the now ruling All Progressives Congress. Atiku, however formally explained...

The Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has said his administration spends N9 billion monthly on payment of workers’ salaries. He added that this effort was commendable in a period where most state governments have not been able to pay salaries as a result of the economic situation in the...

  Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, still pushing through the Voluntary Asset and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS), scheme aimed at getting more Nigerians into the tax net voluntarily, in this interview throws more lights on the issues involved. VAID is a few months to lapse. Don’t you think that the time...

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) and Sterling Bank have been accused of the illegal sale of portions of Victory Park Estate belonging to an indigenous real estate development company, Grant Properties Limited (GPL). The portion of land allegedly sold by the Bank was 10 hectares, which was valued...