archiveFebruary 2018

  Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, the Leader/Chairman of the revolution for true social, economic and political change in Nigeria, the Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM) also, popularly known as The 3rd Force, is back in Nigeria, following extensive consultations with both Nigerians in Diaspora and a variety of global leaders desirous of...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, explains in details below. Q: What then is being done about security? Vice President: The approach of the government has been to deploy mobile police forces to troubled areas and also both the army and Air Force, the Nigerian Army formations and units in Benue...

  The Nigeria Stock Exchange All-Share Index closed positive at the end of today’s trading session to peg the YTD at 10.21 per cent. Market capitalization closed at N15.13 billion owing to the market N6 billion gain in Tuesday trading. Despite the moderate gains, Market breadth remains in bear’s camp...

The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday condemned the demolition of the factional secretariat of Kaduna APC, located at Sambo road, newsmen report. Senator Shehu Sani who raised a point of order, expressed his worry over the demolition of the building without prior notification. According to him, “how can a democratically elected...

  The Minister of State for petroleum resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has insisted that the Federal Government will not sell its refineries. The minister speaking on Tuesday at the Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja said rather than sell, the aim is to make Nigeria the refinery corridor for the rest...

  Nigeria has the 11th highest rate of newborn deaths in the world, a new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has said. The report which was released on Tuesday focused on “Newborn Mortality.” The global average newborn deaths per 1,000 births are 29. But with 37 newborns...

About two in five companies privatised by the Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) since inception are not performing, the agency has stated. The agency said it has privatised 142 enterprises since inception in 2004 with 37 per cent of them (52) not performing. The Director General of BPE, Mr. Alex...

Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has slammed Nigerians that have been making jokes out of the missing N36 million from the board’s office in Makurdi, Benue State. The JAMB boss was reacting to the recent claim by Philomena Chieshe, a sales clerk in JAMB office,...

The Investments and Securities Tribunal (IST), sitting in Abuja, has awarded general damages of N3million in favour of an investor in the capital market for losses and hardship suffered in the hands of his stockbrokers. This is contained in a statement signed by the Acting Director, Corporate Affairs, IST, Kenneth...

  * FG's collaboration with private sector good for economic progress *LCCI commends Buhari administration on the economy The Buhari administration, in line with its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, would continue to ensure the implementation of policies to drive socio-economic growth and prosperity, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,...