archiveMarch 2019

Accenture, a global management consulting and professional services firm that provides strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations services is leaving Nigeria in April. The company is now transitioning into Veraki, a Nigerian company and by next week the name Accenture will disappear from the lexicon in the industry in Nigeria...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent warm felicitations to the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his 67th birthday, scheduled for March 29th. Buhari, in a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and publicity, Femi Adesina, described Tinubu as one of the strong pillars...

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday explained why it settled for Senator Ahmed Lawan as the next Senate President after wide consultations with the President and other leaders of the party. It said the choice followed consideration of all available options. The party also said the stand of...

  Nigerian bond yields fell marginally, a day after the central bank unexpectedly announced am interest rate cut aimed at stimulating growth in Africa’s biggest economy, traders said. Nigeria’s central bank cut benchmark interest rate by 50 basis point to 13.5 per cent on Tuesday, its first reduction in the...

  Amnesty International has urged the Federal Government to investigate alleged cases of political thuggery and violence on journalists and electorate during the supplementary election conducted in Kano State. Isa Sanusi, the Amnesty International Spokesperson, made the call in an interview with BBC Hausa service, monitored by Newsmen in Damaturu,...

The Nigeria’s acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Adamu Adamu, has said that poor funding is affecting the force. Speaking before the House Committee on Police Affairs to defend the 2019 budget proposal for the Police, Adamu said the Police needs more funding “to maintain neutrality and avoid compromises...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that technological developments in the banking sector have led to the increase of electronic payment system  between 2013 and 2018. The bank stated that electronic transactions via the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) increased from 295 million to 875 million between 2013...

The Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts has frowned at what it described as lopsided payment to local contractors. The Chairman of the committee, Senator Shehu Sani, made the remark when the Ministry of Finance and Debt Management Office appeared before the committee for their budget defence. Sani expressed...

seek nullification of his election, allege irregularities Tribunal asks Atiku to serve Buhari a copy of the petition It appears to be more trouble for President Muhammadu Buhari, as three more presidential candidates have separately approached the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, asking it to void the outcome...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said its elected senators and members of the House of Representatives are constitutionally eligible to lead the National Assembly. The PDP noted that positions of the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Deputy Senate President and the Deputy...