archiveMay 2018

  JAIZ Bank Plc has said that it will grow its income and profitability consecutively over the next five years, with pre-tax profit for the period expected to reach N15.86 billion. Managing Director of the bank, Hassan Usman, who led top management of the bank to present its Facts Behind...

The Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed on Thursday that the Federal Government would mobilise more revenues to drive its growth plan for the economy. The Minister made this known in Abuja at a meeting with a World Bank Mission of 10 Executive Directors led by Mr. Patrizio...

Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has said that the Senate got it wrong when it asked the President, or the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to appear before it. He said this when he appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, on Thursday. Falana quoted sections of...

  Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court Abuja has nullified the suspension of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. In a judgment delivered on Thursday, the judge held that though the legislature has the power to deal with erring members; it did not follow due process in arriving at its decision....

  A report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has disclosed that the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) disbursed N1.938 trillion in the first quarter of 2018 to the three tiers of government in Nigeria. NEITI in its recent quarterly report on the FAAC allocation which it released...

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...