archiveMarch 26, 2019

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) on Tuesday said it had registered 3,098,193 companies and firms in Part A, B and C categories from its inception in 1990 to March 21. The Acting Registrar General of CAC, Mrs Azinge Azuka disclosed this at the commission customers forum in Abuja. Azuka said...

  The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, will on Wednesday, commence hearing on the petition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filed to challenge the outcome of the February 23 presidential election. The petitioners, are seeking to invalidate the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari...

Trading resumed on the nation’s bourse on Tuesday still on a negative trend, declining marginally by 0.01 per cent in a cautious trading. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All-Share Index lost 3.46 points or 0.01 per cent to close at 31,038.86 compared with 31,042.32 achieved on...

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development,  Chief Audu Ogbeh, says importers are the greatest wreckers of Nigeria’s efforts to promote patronage of locally produced products. Ogbeh made this known in Abuja on Tuesday when he appeared before the National Assembly Joint Committee on Agriculture to defend the ministry’s budget....

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said the decision of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to slash the Monetary Policy Rate from 14 per cent to 13.5 per cent was to establish the foundation for the next phase of growth to consolidate on stronger macro-economic structures being built for the...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Tuesday said that the level of corruption in Nigeria was still high in spite of the efforts of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. SERAP made the claim at the launch of the results of a report of a national survey entitled “Nigeria Anti-Corruption...

  A former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN), Dr  (Mrs.) Oby Ezekwesili, has won the Forbes Woman Africa Social Influencer award. Ezekwesili received the award at the Forbes Woman Africa Awards inaugural gala dinner which held in Durban, South Africa recently. Ezekwesili’s efforts in launching...

  Chelsea legend Didier Drogba will make an emotional playing return to Stamford Bridge this summer as part of Soccer Aid 2019. The Blues hero, who won 12 major honours with Chelsea, is set to be confirmed as one of the former professionals to play in the annual charity match,...

  …First time in two years   As against the prediction of most analysts, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has reduced the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) from 14 per cent to 13.5 per cent, the first reduction since 2016. Announcing the slight drop in interest rate at a media...