archiveMay 9, 2018

Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) remained bearish, as the market All-Share Index (ASI) dipped further by 0.18 per cent to 41,080.12 points, on the back of continued profit taking. Accordingly, the Month-to-Date loss increased to 0.46 per cent, while the Year-to-Date gain dropped to 7.42 per cent. The...

  The wife of the Ondo State Governor, Mrs. Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu has led a delegation of women from Nigeria to the 2nd edition of the African Women in Agriculture (AWA) Summit in Marrakech, Morocco. On the day-one of the event which focused on creating a network of stakeholders most especially...

    The Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN), has expressed its commitment to boost Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) through partnerships with Ministries, Departments and Agencies of institutions in the private and public sectors. The institute said it would explore all avenues to ensure that the facilities donated were put...

  Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is under pressure to disclose the state of his health after he embarked on a fourth medical trip to London. Nigeria's opposition party, People's Democractic Party (PDP), said it was time for the president to reveal his medical condition. PDP spokesman Kola Ologbodiyan said: "We...

  The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief Bola Tinubu has revealed what leaders of the party discussed with Ekiti governorship aspirants in Abuja on Wednesday. Tinubu said the governorship aspirants demanded for direct primaries for the conduct of the rescheduled primaries, as provided for in Article...

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday said that no federal university should charge tuition fees, as it is against the law to so do. The Minister of State for Education, Anthony Anwuka, made this known while  briefing the media after the cabinet meeting presided over by Vice President...

The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, made the position of the senators on the IGP known After 50 minutes closed door session, the Senate on Wednesday declared the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, as enemy of democracy. The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, made the position of...

  *Number of Nigerian taxpayers increases by 5 million in 12 months “In reality, we shouldn’t have to debate this at all; tax compliance and good governance should exist side-by-side as the head and tail of the social contract that binds – or should bind – citizens and governments anywhere...

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development and governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Kayode Fayemi, has denied media reports that he stormed out of a meeting of the party’s South West leaders with Ekiti State governorship aspirants in Abuja on Tuesday. In a statement in Abuja...

Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari's media advisers, saying they are doing more damage than good to the President's public image. Reacting on her Twitter handle on Wednesday, Ezekwesili lamented that Garba Shehu and Femi Adesina, Buhari’s two spokesmen, had been dishing out lies...