archiveDecember 5, 2017

The Nigerian Equities market sustained a positive momentum for the fifth successive trading session on Tuesday as NSE All-Share Index recorded 1.37 per cent growth from its previous close of 37974.58 points to close at 38494.43 points. Market capitalization stood at N13.38tn and market breadth closed in favour of the...

House of Representatives on Tuesday opened an investigation into the Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun’s suspension of the Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, saying they would look into whether the ministry had interfered with the SEC’s work.. He was said to have been suspended...

The wife of the Ondo State Governor, Arabirin Betty Anyanwu–Akeredolu has officially indicated that the Forum for Wives of Ondo State Officials (FOWOSO) will be launched on Thursday, the 7th December, 2017. According to a release from the secretary of the forum, Mrs. Daniyan Temitope, the inauguration of the body...

  Aliko Dangote was honoured last night at the Bloomberg 50 annual gala dinner at New York's iconic Gotham Hall. Bloomberg's list of 50 most influential names who have had an impact on the world in 2017 included Dangote, Africa's richest person, for his outstanding commitment of over $4B USD...

  Benchmark crude price assumed in 2018 budget is $47 a barrel More than a third of 2018’s spending is for infrastructure Nigerian lawmakers approved the government’s $74 billion expenditure plan for the next three years, paving the way for the adoption of the 2018 record budget aimed at spurring...

A coalition of civil society groups under the aegis of Global Peace and Life Rescue initiative (GOPRI) has made an appeal to President Mohammadu Buhari to, as a matter of national importance, appoint the present Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai as the next Chief of Defence...

...Says we're yet to receive November allocation, Paris club refund Bayelsa State Government on Tuesday explained that the November salary for civil servants had yet to be paid because the Federal Ministry of Finance has not released the monthly federal allocation and the expected Paris Club debt refund to the...