archiveOctober 2018

  *Commiserates with families of Saifura Husain Ahmed Khorsa and Hauwa Liman killed by Boko Haram   The Abuja Commitment made by the Federal and State governments to provide active leadership of polio eradication activities, including routine immunization, is a debt owed to Nigerians according to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo....

  The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu on Wednesday said that crude oil production exemption granted to Nigeria in 2016 by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC members led by the Russian Federation helped the country to raise her foreign exchange reserves to...

The Federal Government on Wednesday took decisive step at stopping incessant strike actions by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and other labour bodies by resolving to henceforth apply ‘no work, no pay rule.’ Briefing journalists at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council...

  BudgIT expresses dismay at Nigeria’s position for the second time in commitment towards reducing inequality in the country despite persistent advocacy for the Federal Government to invest more in sectors that improve on human development capacity of its people and bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots....

  The earliest mention of the phrase ‘Black Friday’ was used to describe the day after Thanksgiving in the United States in 1952, which is usually the Friday after the fourth Thursday in November — a day considered to be the beginning of the country’s Christmas shopping season. Black Friday...

  It was fun last week Thursday as M.D Nursery and Primary School, New Oko Oba, Lagos conducted elections to elect class captains and other school perfects. The Head of School, Olushola Akaiso, stated that the era where teachers just pick pupils to be in charge of a particular position...

Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has declared support for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, even as he accused incumbent president, Muhammadu Buhari, of destroying the economy and dividing the country. The legal luminary, who is also Chairman...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday named the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Director-General of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Council. PDP’s chairman, Uche Secondus, shared the news on his Twitter handle, @uchesecondus. He equally made public a list of party members who have been picked to be part...

  Price of Kerosene increased by 12.40 % year-on-year Nigeria’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), otherwise referred to as inflation rate for goods and services, rose for the second time in two months after 18 months of consecutive deceleration. The National Bureau of Statistic (NBS), in its latest CPI report made...

  The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says Egypt remains the top destination of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. UNCTAD, in its “Investment Trends Monitor H1 2018’’, reports that FDI has dropped 41 percent in the first half of the year to $470 billion. This was from...