archive2018

  Cuts cost of business registration from N10,000 to N5,000 In its bid to further ease the process of registering Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, announced the Federal Government’s approval of a 90-day special window to register businesses at a...

  Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode has rejected results from Tuesday’s All Progressives Congress Primary election. All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State on Tuesday night declared Babajide Sanwo-Olu as winner of the gubernatorial primary election held in the State. The chairman of the party in the state, Tunji...

  The Zonal Coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Ibadan Zone, Dr Ade Adejumo, on Tuesday alleged that the Federal Government was making attempt to make students of federal universities pay a minimum of N350,000 as tuition fee. Adejumo stated this while addressing members of the Correspondents...

  The Lagos state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced Babajide Sanwo-Olu as winner of the gubernatorial primary election, despite opposition to the mode of the conduct of the election by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. Tunde Balogun, chairman of the party in the...

    Lagos State deputy governor, Idiat Adebule, has declared her support for Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the man aiming to dislodge her boss Akinwunmi Ambode from picking the All Progressives Congress APC) governorship ticket for Lagos State. Adebule said on Tuesday that she was aligned with the position of the leaders...

  It was a celebration of excellence for companies that emerged tops in various categories on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) at the weekend in Lagos. The event, the maiden CAMCAN Nigeria Capital Market Performance Awards 2018 to reward resilience based on performance of companies listed on the NSE for...

Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing in the first republic and former pro-chancellor and chairman governing council of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi , Alhaji Lateef Olufemi Okunnu, SAN, in this interview, x-rays the Nigerian state 58 years after independence and says only a return to the 1963 constitution will...

A fuel laden tanker exploded this morning beside the office of Department of State Security Services, DSS, and Ojo Barracks on Lagos Badagry Expressway. At scene of the incident, Vanguard learned that the tanker fell as a result of the collapsed state of the road and spilled its contents on...

  Suspected political thugs on Monday night disrupted the Abeokuta, Ogun State, venue of a meeting between Muhammad Indabawa – led electoral Committee and the governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, forcing many, including journalists, to scamper for safety. The gunshot which began around late...

MTN Group, the wireless carrier facing a combined $10-billion in claims from authorities in Nigeria, said it may no longer seek to raise capital through an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the country’s stock exchange. According to Engineering News, Africa’s largest mobile carrier is reconsidering the IPO amid a dispute...