archiveMarch 2018

  The wife of the Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has reaffirmed the need to continue to press forward towards closing gender parity. She made the call at the Girls' Summit put together by her office in conjunction with the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development to mark...

  By Amos Oladele It was a rapturous moment at a classy event which had brought an a-class audience together from an entire industry under one roof to a venue that is reputed for being a rendezvous for world-class meeting of minds on an evening which had been both cool...

Sanctions to defaulters under the Reviewed Land Use Charge Law of Lagos are too severe and not in tandem with democratic ideals. The President of Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Babatunde Ruwase, made the observation in Lagos on Friday during a stakeholders’ forum on Lagos Land Use Charge...

  In its determination to improve the quality of education in its public schools, the Kano State Government is set to increase teachers’ salaries by 20 per cent. The State Committee’s chairman on the new education policy, Professor Garba Shehu disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Zaria on...

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it is optimistic that the conduct of its 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), which begins on Friday, will be successful. The Head, Media and Information of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, expressed the optimism in an interview with the News...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said on Friday that it has injected $355.43 million into the interbank foreign exchange market, as part of its efforts to boost liquidity and alleviate dollar shortages. The apex bank said in a statement that the money was released to “meet requests in...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbeh, to toe the path of honour and resign his cabinet position for allegedly portraying Nigeria as a lying nation by “deliberately falsifying claims relating to Nigeria’s relationship with Thailand,” on rice importation. The party said...

Senator Shehu Sani has warned that passage of bill on hate speech currently before the Senate into law will lead to prohibition of free speech in the country because most Nigerian leaders are averse to criticisms. In the same vein, he also warned that more journalists, bloggers and government critics...

  Many call for greater transparency in the workplace   To mark International Women’s Day (IWD) on Thursday, 8 March 2018, PwC surveyed over 3,600 professional women (aged 28-40) to find out about their career development experiences and aspirations. The survey included respondents from employers across 27 industry sectors and...

The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Thursday urged newly-inaugurated board members to reposition the agencies entrusted to them and ensure their mandates are achieved. Adeosun made the call in Abuja, while inaugurating the boards of four parastatals under the ministry. The boards are: the National Insurance Commission, Nigeria...