archiveDecember 19, 2017

Equities market on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) maintained its position in the red zone as loss of 124bps at the close of the previous trading session extended its bearing by 46bps at the end of to Tuesday’s trading session even as Market capitalization similarly dropped to N13.04 trillion. Market...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja said all those found culpable in the Osborne Towers scandal will be made to account and appropriately sanctioned. Receiving a report of the panel established to review the operational, technical and administrative structure of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), President Buhari described...

  One stop-shop now exists in four states for MSMEs Agencies get certificate of recognition “I think a new orientation has been birthed which is that as bureaucrats, we are meant to facilitate trade and commerce and business in our environment”, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Speaking on Tuesday...

With less than two years to the 2019 general elections, the Governor of Bayelsa State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Reconciliation Committee, Henry Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday in Abuja advised the PDP to ensure that the party belongs to ordinary Nigerians. According to him, the power of...

  *Attributes progress recorded in economy to effective coordination between FG, States “We are discovering every day that the business of governing is becoming more complex and nuanced, therefore the sensible approach is collaboration, and sharing of ideas and working together at every opportunity that we can get. “The National...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accredited 72 centres in Lagos State ahead of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The State Coordinator, Mr. Sunday Aladegbaye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos, that 63 centres were accredited for the examination this year....

The Chief Executive Officer of The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, OON was today, December 19, 2017, inducted as an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) of Nigeria at the induction ceremony held at the Stock Exchange House, Lagos. With this, Onyema has become...

Carabinieri police on Tuesday arrested seven people, an Italian and six Nigerian nationals, in the Calabrian cities of Lamezia Terme and Rosarno and in Livorno, Tuscany, on charges of organizing an illegal immigration and prostitution ring. According to investigators, coordinated by DDA anti-mafia police in Catanzaro, the suspects were able...

  …Orders CP to dislodge illegal miners Citing security concerns arising from the proclamation by the Federal Ministry of Mines that illegal mining activities were being carried out at the contentious Obu mines in Okpella, Edo State, the Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Monday shut the mines until further notice. The...

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives of adding value in the area of education, Lagos Business School (LBS) has donated ₦500,000 to Bethesda Child Support Agency, a non-profit organisation that caters to the needs of less privileged children. The donation, which was presented on Monday at LBS,...