archiveJanuary 2019

The Federal Government (FG) has borrowed about N6.16 trillion out of the N8.49 trillion pension assets under the Contributory Pension Scheme. The figures from the National Pension Commission (NPC) on Tuesday in Abuja, revealed that  the FG’s borrowing represents 73.5 per cent of the pension fund. According to data from...

  The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the last seven days, topped the most searched presidential candidate list on Google trends. Google Trend data is based on a representative’s sample of Google searches. The PDP candidate was followed by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential...

  Pipeline vandalism up 42.9% The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday said Nigeria earned $640.35million from the export of crude oil and gas for the month of October, last year. The NNPC Monthly Financial and Operations Report for October 2018 which contained this, also showed that the total export...

President Muhammad Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will participate in a live televised presidential town hall interactive programme Wednesday (today) at 8:00pm. A statement issued by the Director, Strategic Communications, APC Presidential Campaign Council and the Official Spokesperson of the APC Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, SAN, said President Buhari...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and his son-in-law, Mr. Junaid Abdullahi of allegedly engaging in corruption, economic sabotage and unethical conduct by using funds from fake contract awards to fund the president’s re-election campaign to the tune of...

  The Action Alliance (AA), a party formed by Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State 14 years ago, has adopted Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its presidential candidate in the February 16 election. The national chairman of the party, Kenneth Udeze, disclosed this at a press...

Chairman of Steering Committee of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of deceiving Nigerians with his promise of restructuring during the 2015 election. Oyinlola, who dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2017 alongside other bigwigs over alleged marginalization, called on...

  The bulls continue to dominate the Nigerian equities market as the benchmark index appreciated by 0.58 per cent to 30,137.53 points on Tuesday, following interest across value stocks. Against the foregoing, the Month-to-Date loss moderated to 4.11 per cent. All sectoral indices closed positive, with the Insurance (+3.50%) index...

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  *There is no way Nigeria is returning to its past By Laolu Akande In this past three and a half years of the Buhari presidency, one, thankfully, has learnt, experienced and been part of quite a number of things. One of those things is the amount of dedication, the...