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  The Steering Board of the Corporate Governance Rating System (CGRS) has said that 25 companies have successfully passed its rating test, having scored the required pass mark of 70 per cent whilst 87 others are at various stages of completion of the process. According to a press statement from...

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has allayed the fears of Nigerians and the international community over the inability to hold the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) for January. A statement signed by Emefiele in Abuja on Monday said the meeting, which...

  *Represents Nigeria at inauguration of Liberia’s President-elect George Weah today Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will today attend the inauguration of President-elect of Liberia, George Weah, in Monrovia, Liberia. Weah won the country’s presidential runoff election on December 26, 2017. From Monrovia, Prof. Osinbajo will proceed to Davos, Switzerland,...

Mr.  Joseph Attah, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, said that the service had set N1.3 trillion revenue target for 2018. Attah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that the Service recorded its highest revenue collection ever of over N1 trillion...

The Nigerian Community in South Africa on Sunday urged its members to adopt safety measures ahead of a planned protest against foreigners by South Africans. A leaflet circulated on Sunday tagged “ Mogale City Monday Shut Down” said that there would be a protest against crime, drugs and human trafficking...

The Inspector-General of Polıce, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has appointed Mr Ibrahim Umar as the new Commissioner of Polıce in charge of Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID), Alagbon-Close, Ikoyi, Lagos. The spokesman of the department, DSP Pascal Ogazi, who confirmed the appointment to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...

  The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that the United States is set to overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s number two oil producer this year, as shale companies, attracted by rising prices, ramp up drilling, According Financial Express reports,“This year promises to be a record-setting one for the...

Bayelsa State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson and renowned Public Relations practitioner, has asked members of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) in the state to raise their act in order to attract desired patronage. According to him, as public relations practitioners, NIPR must be more visible...

  The Federal Government is to borrow between ₦315 billion and ₦385 billion ($1 billion-$1.26 billion) in the first quarter of the year through sales of naira-denominated bonds, the Debt Management Office has said. The DMO stated on Friday that it would auction bonds maturing in 2021 and 2027 and...

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on Sunday commended the National Assembly for the passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB), stating that the Bill would stem the massive loss of revenue recorded in the petroleum industry, arising from corrupt practices and process lapses. NEITI, in a statement...