archiveFebruary 5, 2019

PZ Cussons, a major British manufacturer of healthcare products and consumer goods, has debunked a rumour that surfaced on social media that it has exited the Nigerian market. In a release signed by the Christos Giannopoulos, CEO PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc. on the Nigerian Stock Exchange site yesterday, the company...

JPMorgan Chase & Co. asked a London court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Nigerian government that accuses the bank of failing to prevent $875 million in corrupt payments. The lender said it got the correct approvals from Nigerian officials before transferring the funds to accounts controlled by a...

Fast rising Independent measurement and evaluation agency, P+ Measurement Services, has launched a measurement and evaluation training program, MATE+ to train young and mid-level marketing and communications professionals in Nigeria. Measure|Analyze|Train|Evaluate + (MATE+), is designed to help close the knowledge and experience gap in media measurement and evaluation, by granting...

Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen has explained why he cannot stand for trial before chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Danladi Umar because, according to him, he is a biased and tainted arbiter. Onnoghen, who argued, among others, that justice is rooted in confidence,...

The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Economic Community Of West African States Commission (ECOWAS) are proposing the construction of a 1,000 kilometres, a six-lane motorway that will connect four major West African capital cities. The cities include Lagos in Nigeria, Accra in Ghana, Lomé in Togo, Cotonou in the...

  Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode Tuesday presented a budget proposal of N852.316billion for 2019 to the House of Assembly, the last he will present as the governor of the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Habib Aruna, said in a press statement that N462.757 billion representing...

  The Supreme Court has struck out the suit filed by the Senate, challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. Lawyer to the Senate, Paul Erokoro (SAN) told the court, when the case was called on Tuesday morning, that he filed a...