archiveFebruary 2018

Pan-African financial services group, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, on Friday, 16th of February, treated its esteemed clients to an evening of fun glamour and glitz at the screening of the most anticipated movie of the year ‘ Black Panther’. The movie premier, powered by UBA, which celebrates black...

A total of N11.43 billion accrued as earnings from the sales of shares to the three major players in the Nigerian equities in 2017, according to findings by business a.m. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the market regulator, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the market platform provider and the...

    The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says 1,306 persons died in road accidents across Nigeria in the fourth quarter of 2017. In a report  on its website, NBS said the major cause of the high number of road casualty was violation of speed limit, while loss of control...

  The Federal Government has issued a query to the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Festus Keyamo, over the corruption charges filed against the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Yakubu Umar, in the name of...

Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, has called for the designation of tax malpractices by multinational corporations in Nigeria and other developing countries as “foreign corrupt practices”. Adeoson made the call at the Platform for Collaboration on Tax Conference in New York, United States of America, which came to an...

    The attention of the National Social Investment Office (NSIO) has been drawn to media reports alluding that “massive fraud has hampered the National Social Investment Programmes” of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The National Social Investment Office (NSIO) under the Office of the Vice President wishes to restate...

  Trading activities on the nation’s bourse closed for the week on Friday with a marginal growth of 0.08 per cent, following price appreciation posted by Nestle Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index rose marginally by 34.43 points or 0.08 per cent to close...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday has ordered the Minister of Defence, Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd.), to Zamfara State for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation in Birane village, Zurmi Local Government Area of the state where some innocent persons were killed on Thursday. The Senior Special Assistant to the President...

CNN has reported that Brexit referendum reality has resulted inthe UK is looking for new and creative ways to encourage trade around the world. Britain's export finance agency, which works alongside the Department for International Trade, has announced it will add Nigerian currency Naira to its roster of "pre-approved currencies."...

  …Nigeria, global bodies move to stop illicit financial flows in Africa   Nigeria and global organisations, including the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank Group, have agreed on high-level collaborations with Nigeria and other African countries to stop Illicit Financial Flows (IFF) in Africa...