archiveJune 7, 2018

  *Nigeria Customs Service under President Buhari, blazing the trail *VP cites rise in revenue generation & use of technology   ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, VICE-PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF SENIOR COURSE 1/2018 OF THE NIGERIA CUSTOMS COMMAND STAFF COLLEGE, GWAGWALADA...

A helicopter conveying Vice President Yemi Osinbajo  from Gwagwalada to the Villa on Thursday had to make an emergency landing at the Area Council. The helicopter  was to convey the VP from the Nigeria Customs Staff College located in Gwagwalada where he had gone to attend a function. The helicopter...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday announced gross earnings of N8.30 billion and operating surplus after tax of N3.79 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2017. The NSE made this known at the presentation of its results for the year ended December 31, 2017 at its...

  The Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) has promised that it will review Nigeria’s power sector privatisation process, to remove fundamental flaws hindering effective operations in the sector. The Director-General of the Bureau, Mr Alex Okoh, said in Abuja on Thursday that the review will cover customers enumeration, to eliminate...

  The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday agreed to set up a committee to meet and review within two weeks the content of the proposal for the Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) and report back to the Federal Executive Council. Mr. Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President...

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, on Thursday dragged the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, and the Senate to the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja for declaring him as an enemy of democracy. Idris through his counsel, Dr Alex Iziyon (SAN), is seeking the leave of court...

  The equities market continued on its impressive run on Thursday as the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index (ASI) surged further by 1.58 per cent to 39,042.11 points, largely driven by interests in industrial goods stocks. Accordingly, the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date gains improved to 2.46 per cent and 2.09...

  The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed that the total value of Nigeria’s trade increased from N6 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2017 to N7.21 trillion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2018, representing a growth of 19.7 per cent. The report placed on its website on...

    The Executive Vice-Chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has said that Nigeria aims at attaining 30 per cent broadband penetration before the end of 2018. Danbatta, who disclosed this Thursday in Lagos at the 10th anniversary Lecture and Awards of Business Journal with the theme: ‘Infrastructure...

  At the just concluded Financial Times Summit held in Lagos, the Chief Executive Officer of Jumia Nigeria, Juliet Anammah said the company’s mission was to use technology and the power of the internet to connect people and enable them to have access to buy products online. She made the...