archiveJuly 16, 2018

  Calls for her immediate resignation BudgIT Nigeria has expressed disappointment with Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, for keeping quiet over the allegations of her forging a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate. Reacting to Premium Times published investigative story indicting the Minister of skipping the mandatory service year...

  Amid accusations by aggrieved shareholders of attempts to suppress the report of the ongoing forensic audit of its operation, Oando PLC Chief Executive, Wale Tinubu, and his deputy, Mofe Boyo, have been asked to pay Ansbury Investments Inc. about $680 million (about N207.9 billion @ N305.8/dollar). Ansbury was incorporated...

Many Nigerians on Monday decried the announcement by Multichoice that it would increase its subscription rates for DStv packages from August 1. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Multichoice in its messages to its subscribers said that it would, however, reduce its rates for Gotv on its satellite platform....

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara; and the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, among others, will on July 23 join federal legislators, capital market experts, bank chief executives and others at the second biennial stakeholders’...

  The Presidency on Monday released timeline on measures taken by the current administration to tackle insecurity in the country. This is according to a statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina. He denied the allegations that the government was not doing enough against insecurity....

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  in the South West has rejected the outcome of the result of the governorship election held in Ekiti State on Saturday, saying the election was highly characterised with various electoral practices. The party also blamed the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly allowing the malpractices...

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