archiveFebruary 2018

  FSDH Research expects a growth in the banking sector credit to the private sector in 2018. The improvement in the macroeconomic and business environment; improved consumers’ confidence; and the drop in the yields on the Nigerian Treasury Bills (NTBs) are the main drivers of the expected credit growth. The...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised parents to stay away from its examination centres during the conduct of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede explained that some parents may connive with examination officials to cheat during the UTME. He said this...

  The forum of All Progressives Congress (APC) State Chairmen has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the 2019 election. This decision was contained in a communique they issued after their meeting in Abuja on Monday night. The resolution also expressed confidence in the Buhari administration as well as...

  The presidency has announced a cancellation of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting for this week. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced this in a statement issued on Monday. Adesina said President Muhammadu Buhari and many ministers will be attending a programme at...

The Federal Government and the World Bank are in the final stages of negotiation for the release of a $1bn performance-based loan (PBL) for Nigeria’s Power Sector Recovery Programme (PSRP). It was gathered that the loan was currently being prepared for final approval based on the recent findings on the...

 Presidential aspirant, Fela Durotoye has reacted to criticisms trailing his declaration to run for presidency in the 2019 elections. Recall that some Nigerians over the weekend questioned Fela’s qualification to run for the office of President following his declaration of intent. Reacting, Durotoye, in a post on his Instagram page,...

Some 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates in Lagos on Monday applauded the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for conducting a hitch-free mock examination. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the mock examination is optional. The mock examination is to familiarise candidates with the process and...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday disclosed the reason why it was difficult to rescue University of Maiduguri staff and some women abducted by Boko Haram terrorists but had recently regained freedom, saying that their abductors were different and not based in the same place. Speaking while playing host to the...

  *Says, saving the Lake Chad is pulling the region back from a major economic, social and ecological disaster *Urges inclusion, integration of local communities, civil society groups in the design, implementation of interventions for the restoration of the Lake Chad Basin. “The world will pay a steep price if...

The Federal Government on Sunday confirmed that 110 schoolgirls of Government Girls Technical School Dapchi, were unaccounted for in the Boko Haram attack on the school last Monday. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of information, disclosed this to newsmen in Damaturu after a closed door meeting between a federal government delegation,Yobe...