archiveJanuary 2019

The Christian Association Nigeria (CAN) has called on  President Muhammadu Buhari to keep his promises of free, fair and credible 2019 elections in order to prevent violence and bloodshed. The Christian body in a communique issued at the end of its first quarter meeting of 2019 in Abuja on Thursday,...

In pursuit of its leadership role and its mission to catalyze the emergence of Nigeria and other African markets as leading investment destinations, the Emerging Africa Capital Group has enlisted the support of the Nigerian Stock Exchange to host the launch of an authoritative work on investing in Nigeria written...

Against marked sell-offs across bellwether stocks, the Nigeria’s equities market closed the last session of the month on a negative note as the ASI dipped by 1.89 per cent on Thursday to 30,557.20 points. Thus, Month-to-Date loss notched significantly higher to 2.78 per cent All sector indices closed negative –...

The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) on Thursday formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of the Comoros, which stipulates that the ADFD will offer AED 184 million (US$50 million) to fund the Comorian government's various development programs and projects. Comoros President Azali Assoumani attended the signing...

  A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Ahmed Raji on Thursday said Atiku Abubakar’s promise to grant looters who return stolen funds amnesty has a basis in law. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate spoke during an interview session on a television programme: The Candidates. Some critics had faulted...

  Nigeria’s pan-African bank United Bank for Africa (UBA) will open a new branch in Mali on Feb. 4, expanding in a region where it already operates in a dozen countries. This is according to Reuter’s report monitored by Busiess247News. “Mali is a large market with a low (bank) account...

  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday vowed to do “everything humanly possible” to save Nigeria’s democracy. Obasanjo made the declaration during the launch of “Politics as Dashed Hopes in Nigeria”, written by Auwala Anwar, his former Special Assistant on Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, in Abuja. The former president...

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has declared President Muhammadu Buhari unfit to continue in office. The coalition said it has carefully studied President Buhari over the months, especially since his return to the country after the sickness that took him out of Nigeria for the better part of...

President Muhammadu Buhari has dismissed claims that his association with Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano has diminished his commitment to the war against corruption. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Thursday, the president said that the Kano State...

The Federal Government on Wednesday allotted N116.99 billion worth of bonds to 109 successful bidders in its January auction, the Debt Management Office said. In the auction results obtained from its website in Abuja, the agency stated that three bonds in tenors of five years, seven years and 10 years...