archiveFebruary 22, 2019

The market indices of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Friday dropped by 0.16 per cent following profit taking by investors on The Exchange. Specifically, the All-Share Index |(ASI) lost 53.13 points or 0.16 per cent to close at 32,515.52, compared with 32,568.65 achieved on Thursday even as  the market...

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria generated N298.01 billion from Value Added Tax in the fourth quarter, 2018. NBS said this in a Sectoral Distribution of VAT report for the fourth quarter, 2018 posted on its website. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that VAT is a consumption...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, in a personal letter titled “A time such as this!” written to Nigerians on Friday, urged all Nigerians to come out and vote freely in the February 23rd Presidential and National Assembly elections. Osinbajo, who said though the postponement of the elections came unexpected, appealed to...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in conjunction with Fund Managers Association of Nigeria (FMAN); Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria (ASHON) and The Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc has launched the NSE Mutual Fund Trading and Distribution Platform. The Mutual Fund trading platform which was launched  on Friday will...

Mr. Mike Ozekhome (SAN) confirmed on Friday that the judgment by the Court of Appeal in Abuja given on Thursday set aside the January 27, 2019 judgment by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Justice Ojukwu had, in the judgment, held among others that there was no...

The Centre for Crisis Communications (CCC) on Friday identified 12 states as major raised alarm on potential flashpoints in the country as Nigerians go to the polls Saturday for the Presidential and National Assembly elections. The CCC works in close liaison with military, security, intelligence and response agencies in Nigeria...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Friday said it had complied with the judgement of Appeal Court and listed the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara on the ballot in the National Assembly, Governorship and State House of Assembly elections scheduled for 23rd February and 9th March. The commission...

  Arik Air on Friday said the patronage of its “Fly-to-Vote promo’’ by Nigerians, ahead of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections, was encouraging. The spokesperson for Arik Air, Mr Adebanji Ola, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. NAN reports that...