archiveMarch 2019

Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 U.S. presidential election to Donald Trump, does not plan to run in 2020, leaving the centre-left Democratic Party’s nomination open for less-established candidates. “I’m not running, but I’m going to keep working and speaking and standing up for what I believe,” Clinton told broadcaster...

No fewer than 14,171,722 air travellers went through Nigeria Airports in 2018, according to figures released on Tuesday in Lagos by the Consumer Protection Directorate of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the figure represents 20.8 per cent increase, compared to the...

Following the rumour of his sack by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele said on Tuesday that he was still in charge of the apex bank and that his tenure ends in June. A section of the online media...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday announced the restrictions of sale of foreign exchange to importers of textiles and other clothing materials. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, said this in Abuja during a meeting with stakeholders in the cotton value chain. He said the restriction which...

  Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, David Oyedepo has finally spoken on the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly elections held across the country penultimate week, describing it as shameful. According to him, it was shameful that politicians were celebrating an election...

Mr Dickson Iroegbu, the spokesperson of a political pressure group, the Better Nigeria Group (BNG), says the group supports the decision of Mr Atiku Abubakar, the defeated PDP presidential candidate, to challenge the outcome of the February 23 presidential election in court. Iroegbu disclosed this while addressing journalists on Monday...

  The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said that N12.62 trillion was generated as revenue under Muhammadu Buhari administration from  2016 to 2018. This was revealed in a document made available to newsmen by the Head of Communications and Servicom Department of the agency, Mr. Wahab Gbadamosi. According to...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has granted certificate of ‘no objection’ to 121 metering firms to procure and install electrical meters to yet-to-be metered power consumers in Nigeria through its Meter Assets Providers (MAP) scheme. According to Thisday, the development  was disclosed in a recent document on the MAP...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, March 23, for the conduct of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock exercise. The board also urged candidates to begin the printing of their mock examination notification slips from Wednesday, March 6. The board shifted the date of...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday held Fixed Income Trading Workshop at the Stock Exchange House in line with its commitment to improve the capacity of its members and enhance investors’ participation in the fixed income market. According to a statement from the Exchange, the event witnessed over 200...