archiveNovember 2018

  The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the attestation certificate presented to President Muhammadu Buhari by the West African Examination Council, WAEC, on Friday. The main opposition party said the presentation of the confirmation of school certificate result to Buhari was a “tragicomedy.” WAEC, through its Registrar, Iyi...

    The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday said two foreign banks, HSBC and UBS, have closed their offices in Nigeria. The CBN also revealed that foreign investment had fallen sharply from a year ago as FDI slumped to N379.84 billion ($1.2 billion) in the first half of...

Imagine a situation where you applied for a job in a bank, an oil company or any other organization, and one of the requirements is your degree certificate.  So you tell your prospective employers: “My certificates are with the military.”  Do you think you will get the job even in...

  The First Lady of Ondo State, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu led members of the Forum for Wives of Ondo State Officials (FOWOSO)on the fifteenth FOWOSO empowerment outreach to Ilaje Local Government Area where empowerment kits such as grinding machines, hair dryers, sewing machines and laptops among others were said to...

The envoys of the United Kingdom and the United States of America in Nigeria have said that the problems being faced by leading telecommunications giant, MTN, have scared investors from both countries from Nigeria, resulting in some of them pulling back and others withdrawing fresh offers and taking them to...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has come out with fresh guidelines for licensing, regulation and operation of Payment Service Banks (PSBs) in the country. The Director, Financial Policy and Regulation Department of the regulatory body, Mr. Kevin Amuga, said the guidelines were in furtherance of the apex bank’s...

  Some unidentified fraudsters under the disguise of being relatives of workers and retirees under the Contributory Pension Scheme have been approaching Pension Fund Administrators to collect the pensions of contributors. According to information obtained from the National Pension Commission, the fraudsters, who have been deceiving the PFAs with fake...

    The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu is to deliver the Sixth Anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine scheduled to hold on Thursday, November 15, 2018, at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, by 10am prompt. Yakubu, guerrilla warfare expert, and previously a professor of...

  Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has reacted to the statement of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole,that he would not sell his conscience to please some members of the party, Amosu said he was not being asked to sell his conscience but to abide...

  The Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State Command, Mallam Ahmad Abdurrahaman, on Thursday said the Command has charged 97 people to court, being suspected of involvement in the recent crisis in Kasuwan Magani area of the state. Abdulrrahaman, who said this at a press briefing in Kaduna, explained that 45...