archiveMay 2019

An  Insurance  expert, Mr Ekerete Gam-Ikon, says the move by the insurance regulator, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), to increase the capital base for insurance companies in the country lacks significant plan. Gam-Ikon said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  in Abuja. He said rather than...

The Adamawa Police Command has raised alarm over an alleged plan to disrupt Wednesday’s inauguration of Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri as the newly-elected governor of Adamawa. The command,  in a statement by its spokesman, SP Othman Abubakar on Sunday, said the plan was being hatched by some miscreants. He warned against...

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pledged to co-operate with the Ministry of Finance on the recently inaugurated Project Light House. Acting Director-General of SEC, Ms Mary Uduk, said this in a statement by SEC’s Head of Media,  Mrs Efe Ebelo, on Sunday in Abuja. Uduk, while commending...

  A senator representing Kaduna central, Shehu Sani, has said that an attempt by the Federal Government to create a radio station for herdsmen, would not resolve the problems besieging the country from herdsmen and others. Sani who made his view known through his twitter handle @ShehuSani on Saturday, said...

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said  it recovered N26 billion from 2015 till date from public officials and companies. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, said the...

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has denied recent media reports that claimed that it granted radio license to herdsmen. However, NBC said that the National Commission for Nomadic Education duly applied for broadcast license in furtherance of its objectives to develop and maintain nomadic education outreach programmes. It was reported...

  Market transactions on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was bullish last week as The NSE All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 6.96 per cent to close the week at 30,881.29 and N13.602 trillion respectively. All other indices finished lower with the exception of the - NSE 30, NSE...

The Chairman and Lead Consultant of TPT International, Mr. Adetokunbo Modupe has expounded that disruptive innovation remains the critical life support that will define the future of Public Relations (PR) practice in Nigeria. Modupe, one of the leading lights in Nigeria’s PR practice, and a keynote speaker at the 2019...

  Petitions President Buhari   An advocacy-based Civil Society Organisation, Media Initiative against Injustice, Violence and Corruption (MIIVOC) has thrown its weight behind the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) over its recent directive on the management of Local Government funds. In a letter dated 22nd May, 2019, signed by the...

An online Marketplace, Jumia Nigeria, on Friday projected that 55 per cent of Nigeria’s population would have access to mobile broadband by 2025. Omolola Onasanya, Head of Vendor Operations and Experience, Jumia Nigeria, made this known during the 2019 Mobile Report Launch held in Lagos. She said that 70 per...