archiveFebruary 2018

A total turnover of 2.018 billion shares worth N21.740 billion in 25,496 deals were recorded last  week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock  Exchange (NSE) in contrast to a total of 2.940 billion shares valued at N27.924 billion that exchanged hands the upper week in 28,567 deals....

  The Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Friday disbursed soft loan at a single digit to 180 market women across the 18 local government areas of Ondo State at an event held at the International Events Centre (Dome), Akure as part of activities marking his one year...

The Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Friday 23rd February, 2018 commissioned the first of its kind Akure Technology Hub at the Federal University of Technology, Akure as part of activities marking the Akeredolu led government one year in office. The event which had in attendance the wife of...

  By Mrs Eniola Adigun When you pick a copy of the book that is being launched today by Mrs. Eniola Adigun, and you look at the title HISTORY OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA, what comes to your mind, if you are within my age bracket, is: what does she...

  *Gets update on the ongoing Harmonised Digital National Identification Programme. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has received an update on the Federal Government's Digital Identity Programme of the Buhari administration. Prof Osinbajo while commending the effort of the inter-ministerial committee handling the project, stressed the importance of a unique...

… Kaduna hosts VAIDS stakeholder symposium on March 1st Executive Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai and the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, will on Thursday, March 1, meet with business leaders, business owners and tax payers in Kaduna over the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme...

Facebook has offered to explore avenues with the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) that could help expand voter education and engage citizens meaningfully to achieve peaceful general elections in 2019. The organisation said it made this offer having noticed that topics Nigerians mostly shared on its platform bordered on elections...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks and other financial institutions to settle customers’ complaints on issues of overcharge, unauthorised deductions and other matters within two weeks. The CBN Head of Complaints Management Division, Mr. Tajudeen Ahmed, said this in an interview with the News Agency of...

Scores of young Nigerians on Thursday kicked against the date for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to be conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The candidates displayed placards with various inscriptions such as; “Admissions are yet to close, why conducting another UTME now?”; “JAMB isn’t...

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state says the ranking of Nigeria on the recent corruption index released by Transparency International (TI) is a clear vindication of his criticisms of President Muhammadu Buhari anti graft war. While lauding the TI report which he described  as a true reflection of the current...