archiveMarch 4, 2018

The business educational development of Northern Nigeria took a new turn at the weekend when the renowned businessman, Aliko Dangote donated a N1.2 billion ultra-modern business school edifice to the Bayero University, Kano, (BUK), first of such in the northern part of the country. Christened Dangote Business School, the business...

The All-Share Index and Market Capitalization of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) appreciated by 0.72 per cent and 0.82 per cent to close the week at 42,876.23 and N15.403 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished higher during the week with the exception of the NSE ASeM, NSE Banking and...

  *Buhari administration is building a bright future for Nigeria’s youths *On Dapchi & other security hotspots: WE ARE WORKING ON ENSURING EFFECTIVE SECURITY   Interview Part Two   Q: Revamping Nigeria’s education system. Vice President: If you will recall about a few months ago, I think it was in...

  National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Trade in Goods statistics for fourth quarter (Q4) 2017 has shown that the country exported N232.05 billion worth of manufactured goods during the year. “For the full year 2017, exports of manufactured goods grew 26.8 percent to N232.05 billion above the value of N182.9...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated former President Olusegun Obasanjo on the occasion of his 81st birthday. In a statement by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan in Abuja on Sunday, the party described Chief Obasanjo as an outstanding nationalist; a courageous and dedicated leader, who has made immeasurable...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that spends N774 million daily in keeping the official price of petrol at N145 at filling stations. The NNPC noted that the daily expenditure was triggered by a heightened petrol consumption rate of 50 million litres per day, occasioned by the proliferation...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates for the 2018 UTME to start printing their examination notification slip from Tuesday, March 6. The board’s Head of Media and Information Department, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said in Lagos on Sunday that arrangements had been concluded for the successful conduct...

“We have scaled a good deal on grand corruption today despite the fact that we are earning 60 percent less in revenue, we are actually able to spend more than ever before in the history of this country on infrastructure. In 2017, we spent over N1.2 trillion on capital. That's...

  Five serving Governors, 20 senators and some members of the House of Representatives from the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress are set to join the Social Democratic Party, the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Alfa Mohammed, has said. The Secretary said on Sunday in an...

  …Says immediate action will avert Egmont’s imminent expulsion of Nigeria A civil society organization, Media Initiative against Injustice, Violence and Corruption (MIIVOC) has called on Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps to avert Nigeria’s imminent expulsion from the Egmont group of Financial Intelligence Units by assenting to...