archiveMarch 26, 2018

  President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, signed Instrument of Ratification of Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) among Federal Government, Swiss Federal Council and International Development Association on the return, monitoring and management of illegally-acquired sssets confiscated by Switzerland, to be restituted to Nigeria. According to a statement by Special Adviser to...

  Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange opened the week on Monday in a negative territory as investors in equities on the Exchange recorded a joint loss of N6 billion. The market capitalisation which opened the week at N14.982 trillion closed at N14.976 trillion, representing 0.04 percent decline or...

  A new group, Grand National Political Coalition (GNPC), led by a former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba and Abduljalil Tafawa Balewa, has called for the immediate redefinition of the present governance structure of Nigeria to make it more democratic and citizen inclusive. It also said...

  The Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, has defended his criticism of the Nigerian government when he spoke at the expanded National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja, last week. Speaking at the meeting which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Gates had said the execution priorities of the economic...

  The Bank of Industry (BoI) says it will train 3,000 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members on entrepreneurship skills annually under the Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund (GEF) programme. Mr Kayode Pitan, the Managing Director of BOI, made this known at the opening of the GEF training on Monday in Katsina....

  The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has registered 1.5 million students to write its 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The Council’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr Damianus Ojijeogu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. He said the...

  Senators pushing for the override of President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2018 rose from a meeting in Lagos at the weekend dashing hopes of resolving the face off between the Senate and the President on the matter. In fact, the meeting dismissed reports about...