archiveJanuary 17, 2019

The Nigerian bourse maintained positive trend on Thursday for the fourth consecutive days as the market All-Share Index rose by 0.40 per cent at the end of the day transactions. Also, the market capitalisation inched by N45 billion or 0.40 per cent to close at N11.404 trillion compared with N11.359...

  The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said that the Nigerian economy under the present administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is "disgusting". According to the former Minister of Education under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration led by former...

  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday gave conditions upon which the prolonged industrial action embarked upon by the Union had embarked since late last yearwill be suspended. “The Academic Staff Union of Universities @ASUUNGR have asked @AsoRock to release N50 billion to demonstrate its commitment to...

The Federal Government and the Government of Brazil on Thursday inaugurated 1.1billion dollar agricultural mechanization programme that covers the entire agricultural value chain in the country. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo inaugurated the initiative, tagged “The Green Imperative” at an event attended by the Brazilian Ambassador to Nigeria, Ricardo Guerra de...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday unveiled the National Financial Inclusion Strategy designed to ensure that at least 80 per cent of Nigerians have access to banking and other financial services. The CBN Deputy Governor on Financial System Stability, Mrs. Aisha Ahmad, made the presentation at the National...

The Director General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Muda Yusuf, has called on the Federal Government to grant the education and the health sector tax holiday, to help mitigate the imminent social crisis bewildering the sectors. Muda made this known during a panel section at the...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has saidthat he was personally involved and participated in crafting the ideas in the working document he released tagged “The Atiku Plan”, which contains his ideas on how to get Nigeria working again. The former vice-president disclosed this...

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo were on a TV live town hall programme tagged ‘The Candidates’ jointly organized by Nigerian Television Authority and Daria Media on Wednesday. The Programme was moderated by Kadaria Ahmed and features questions from the audience through various platforms aired live on...

Nigerians took to Twitter Wednesday night to air their views on the interactive session with All Progressives Congress Presidential and Vice presidential candidates, President Muhammadu Buhari and Yemi Osinbajo, with most of the tweets slamming the president for poor performance at the session. While many of the tweets noted that...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council in Ekiti State has said that if not for lack of conscience, those still supporting the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari will go to bed last night, covering themselves with blanket of shame after seeing the President’s scandalous performance on NTA...