archiveJanuary 2019

For the first time since the turn of the year, the Nigerian equities market closed positive, as the market All-share Index (ASI) notched mildly higher, by 0.62 per cent to 29,517.73 points amidst interest across large cap stocks. Consequently, the Month-to-Date loss moderated slightly to -6.09 per cent. Among sectoral...

A fresh insight into the negotiation between the Federal Government and university teachers indicates there is still a long way before an agreement between the two parties on their dispute. The union warned that there is still nothing concrete on ground to push any optimism of the over two months...

  Former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola, has said that the dividend of the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), will be huge in the universities. Okebukola, who disclosed this while speaking with The Tribune, on the issues that would possibly...

  The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, on Wednesday re-echoed the call for restructuring as a way out of the challenges confronting Nigeria. Adams spoke in Ikeja at the launch of two books in his honour by the Lagos Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) to...

Detailed procedure for registration The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) commenced sale of registration forms, for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, today Thursday, January 10, 2019. Sale of forms will last for six weeks. JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, had said the board would stop using cyber cafes...

  His wealth dips by $2bn, Adenuga‘s up by $3.9bn President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote retained his Africa’s richest man position for the eighth consecutive time though his wealth dipped by $2 billion from $12.2 billion in January 2018 to $10 billion this year, Forbes’ Africa Billionaires List released...

  Losses in the Nigerian equities market persisted for the sixth consecutive session on Wednesday as the market All-Share Index (ASI) fell 2.33 per cent-- largest decline since October 24, 2018 -- to 29,336.80 points, following a DANGCEM-led selloff. Consequently, the Month-to-Date loss increased to 6.66 per cent. Significant losses...

  * Fake news damages public information, causing fear and alarm “One of the great worries should be, for us, what harm is done to public information.  I think that a time may come, if nothing is done, when nothing would be believed or nothing would be believable because as...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of four new private universities in Nigeria. The Minister of Education, Prof. Adamu Adamu, who announced the approvals while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the first meeting of the council this year, said the new universities are Greenfield...

Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth will expand by 2.2 per cent in 2019, the World Bank has said in its annual Global Economic Prospects published on Wednesday, slightly upgrading the country’s projected growth rate from 2.1 per cent in June 2018. According to the World Bank, growth in...