archiveMay 2019

The Federal Government has released the results of the 2019/2020 National Common Entrance Examination conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO) for admission into the 104 Unity Schools nationwide. The results of the examination which took place on April 27 were presented yesterday in Abuja to the Minister of Education,...

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal will today (Wednesday) formally commence hearing in the petitions filed by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, his party, the PDP, and three other political parties and their presidential candidates against the victory of President Muhammadu...

MTN Nigeria Communications said it has successfully completed the registration of 20.35 billion Ordinary Shares of two kobo each with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The company in a statement on Monday said that the completion of this process sets in motion the next steps in MTN’s intended Listing...

  Capital market operators on Monday lauded MTN Nigeria application to the Securities and Exchange Commission for listing by introduction, saying that it will deepen market liquidity. The market operators stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria while reacting to SEC confirmation of MTN Nigeria application...

The Federal Government has offered for subscription of two-year savings bond at 11.74 per cent and three-year savings bond at 12.74 per cent per annum, the Debt Management Office (DMO) has said. According to the offer circular obtained from the DMO website on Monday, the two-year bond will be due...

  The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) says contrary to speculations, the TraderMoni sheme enjoys constitutional backing as one of the programmes of the Federal Government aimed at intervening in the lives of indigent Nigerian traders. BMO made this known in a statement signed by its Chairman, Niyi Akinsiju, and Secretary,...

The Nigeria’s equities market started the week on a bearish note as the benchmark index contracted by 0.05 per cent to 29,196.87 points, driven by sell-off across Industrial Goods and Banking stocks Thus, the Month-to-Date and the Year-to-Date loses increased to 5.94 per cent and 7.11 per cent respectively. On...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday raised the alarm over the arrest of its Osun governorship candidate Senator Ademola Adeleke despite a subsisting high court order against his arrest by the police. It also alleged that it was part of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) grand plot to prevent...

  Boko Haram insurgents have kidnapped Abraham Amuta, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Rabiu Aminu, the Borno State Coordinator of NYSC, has confirmed. Speaking with the media in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State, on Monday, Aminu said the corps member was abducted alongside a Living Faith Church pastor...

  *As VP reviews MSMEs clinics with govt agencies & stakeholders Spurred by the successes recorded in the first 50% discount window for business registration in Nigeria, Federal Government has directed the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to extend by three months, the special window for MSMEs. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,...