archiveDecember 13, 2017

  The National Bureau of Statistics has said that Nigeria’s total exports in the third quarter of 2017 stood at N3.57 billion, showing 13.19 per cent increase over the amount recorded in the second quarter. The NBS stated this in “Foreign Trade Statistics for the Third Quarter 2017’’ posted on...

  The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will offer free advisory services to taxpayers, who are ready to comply with the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS). This was disclosed by Mr. Tunde Fowler, FIRS Executive Chairman, at a media workshop on VAIDS in Lagos yesterday. Speaking at the...

  ...I'll always support PDP, says Daar Comm boss The Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday advised leaders and members of the party to place priority on the future in order to actualize the...

Worries about repatriating funds out of Nigeria following currency controls last year still dominates investor fears, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday. But it added that the country was still on international investors’ radar. Miriam Tamene, an IMF senior financial sector expert, said there is interest in Nigeria’s...

The Nigerian Equities market has been performing in a somewhat meandering manner for the week so far as a positive close in the previous trading session has yet again reversed into the red zone on Wednesday with a 1 per cent daily change drop in NSE ASI. The negative close...

  Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo precided over the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting held at the Council Chamber, State House, Abuja on Wednesday. As the next to the President, Professor Osinbajo normally takes charge in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari The President is presently in Paris for the One...

The Bayelsa State government on Wednesday said it will soon begin the countdown of the ‎sixth anniversary of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson, which comes up on February 14, 2018. The government has therefore lined up a number of activities including an inter-ministerial/agency briefing which will kick off in the second...

No fewer than 20 vehicles and four commercial motorcycles were on Wednesday afternoon burnt when a tanker laden with petrol fell and spilled its content on the Festac Link Bridge in Awuwo Odofin LGA of Lagos State. The fire started at noon and raged for about an hour. Fire fighters...

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line would be completed in December 2018 and set for commissioning in Jan 2019. Amaechi said this during the end of the year news briefing and inspection of Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail line in Papalanto, Ogun....

  Moody's Investors Service has assigned a Green Bond Assessment of GB1 (Excellent) to the Government of Nigeria's senior unsecured green notes. The Series 1 green bond issuance is expected to launch during the week commencing 18 December 2017 for the amount of NGN10.69 billion, with precise coupons and maturities...