archiveJune 13, 2019

  The Federal Government has been urged to peg the maximum interest rate of commercial banks’ loan to a single digit of nine per cent. The President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI),  Babatunde Ruwase, made this appeal during the week at the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo “International...

  A Don, Dr Austine Nwaeze, has called for the reduction of lending rate to single digit, to enable the Federal Government achieve its target of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years. Nwaeze, who lectures in Economics at the Pan Atlantic University, Lagos made...

  The Nigerian equities market sustained its losing streak for the eight consecutive trading session on Thursday as the benchmark index, that is All-Share Index, declining by 0.23 per cent to 30,029.15 points, following a DANGCEM-led selloff. Thus, the Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date losses increased to 3.35 per cent and 4.46...

  Some economic experts on Thursday called on the Federal Government to pay more attention to infrastructure and the manufacturing sector of the economy. The experts, Chief Kenneth Nduka, President, Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) and Mr Olayemi Shonubi, Vice President, Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), made the call...

Dr Theodore Yakubu, an Abuja based gynaecologist, has advised women above age 35 with intention of becoming mothers to seek medical advice before conception. Yakubu gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, as a woman gets older,...

  In order to further deepen financial inclusion in the rural areas, Fidelity Bank has entered into a collaboration with Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST) to bring banking services directly to Nigerians in 266 rural communities. At the launch of integrated banking services between Fidelity bank and NIPOST in Abuja Thursday,...

  The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), has predicted cloudy weather conditions with widespread rainfall and thunderstorm activities over most parts of the country on Friday. It also predicted thunderstorms and rains over the region later in the day with day and night temperatures of 26 to 30 and 17 to...

  Real Madrid presented Eden Hazard as their new “galactico” signing on Thursday with an army of adoring fans queuing outside the Santiago Bernabeu stadium to welcome the Belgian play maker. Donning the white strip of the 13-times European champions, the club’s joint-record signing kicked balls into the crowd and...

  *British court decides on Friday A firm incorporated in the British Virgin Islands will ask a British court on Friday for the right to seize up to $9 billion of Nigerian government assets - some 20% of the oil-rich nation's foreign reserves - over an aborted gas project. The...

    Oke Ogun Youth Association of Oyo State has announced the launch of its Green Revolution Scheme to tackle unemployment in the region. A statement by the Project Coordinator Bola Olalere explained the initiative is aimed at encouraging young people to engage in profitable and commercial agriculture by creating...