archiveNovember 12, 2018

    Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has restated that he is an advocate of fiscal federalism, stronger state governments and state police. Osinbajo made this submission while delivering the 40th Anniversary Lecture of the Association of Friends on Monday in Lagos. He reiterated his stance that good governance was...

  The management and directors of the defunct Skye Bank Plc are under investigation by both the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). The managing director of NDIC, Umaru Ibrahim, in Abuja on Monday said the two financial sector regulatory authorities were monitoring closely...

The Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) has embarked on a comprehensive community engagement across the Lagos Divisions to share its impact and update on its various programmes, with residents and small business owners in the State. The grassroots engagement which is scheduled to take place within the IBILE (Ikorodu,...

  The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has said that all teachers in the nation’s educational system without basic qualifications will be sacked by December 31, 2019. Adamu, who was represented by the Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Prof. Hamid Boboyi, disclosed this on Monday in Benin...

  Highlights her economic policies, plans The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. (Mrs) Obiageli Ezekwesili, has expressed the confidence that if elected Nigerian president, her programme will lift 80 million Nigerians out of poverty. Ezekwesili, fondly called Madam Due Process made the promise while...

  Teleology has announced its ownership of the 9mobile following the issuance of a final approval of no objection by the Board of the Nigerian Communications Commission. The company also said it had satisfied all the regulatory requirements after submitting both technical and financial bids for 9mobile, a statement signed...

  BudgIT decries the cut in Nigeria’s health and education sector budgetary allocation to fund the 2019 elections. According to the body, recent information from the National Assembly suggests that the 2018 budget is undergoing virement that will re-allocate the meagre resources meant to improve the condition of health and...

    The Office of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said that its attention has been drawn to a report of the House Committee on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness issued on Thursday, November 8, 2018, particularly in respect of funds released for “emergency intervention of food security to...

  The Nigerian equities market started the week negative, as the market All-Share Index (ASI) fell by 0.18 per cent to 32,143.41 points, owing to sell pressure in banking stocks. Accordingly, the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date losses increased to 0.99 per cent and 15.95 per cent, respectively. The Banking (-1.06%) and...

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working with the Nigerian Educational Research & Development Council (NERDC) to develop a capital market education curriculum for senior secondary schools in the country. The acting Director-General of SEC, Mary Uduk, said this was part of initiatives by the commission to promote...