archiveJune 18, 2019

  The bearish run on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued on Tuesday as the All-Share Index plunged by 0.39 per cent due to sell pressure even as investors on the bourse traded N11.23 billion worth of shares. A total of 2.91 billion shares valued at N11.23 billion were exchanged...

    The Federal Government has offered for subscription by auction N100 billion worth of bonds in its June 26 auction, the Debt Management Office (DMO) said. The offer circular obtained from its website on Tuesday in Abuja, stated that it would sell N30 billion of a five year re-opening...

  Airtel Nigeria has officially filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for listing of its shares on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). A senior management source, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday. He noted that...

    The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government was discussing with stakeholders on ways to restructure Nigeria’s power sector with a view to improving supply and attracting more investment to the country. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja on Tuesday at a Breakfast Meeting of the Lagos...

    *GEEP aims to reach 10 million people by 2023 A key element of the Buhari administration’s Social Investment Programmes has won continental praise as African Bankers named the Government’s Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) as Africa’s most impactful financial inclusion scheme. The Bank of Industry (BOI) which implements...

  Omobola Johnson commends Sterling Bank’s high-level gender inclusion A former Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Dr. Omobola Johnson has listed some factors that can help women to reach the top of their careers in any field of endeavour. The former minister who spoke on the theme of ‘Winning...

  To represent Nigeria at the World Championship in New York The 2019 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) World Championship, sponsored by Zenith Bank, has produced six national winners who will be representing Nigeria at the World Championship taking place in New York, USA from July 28 – 31, 2019. The...

  Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has announced the appointment of Festus Adedayo as his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity even as he also appointed Babagana Muhammad Aji as his Chief of Staff. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President of the Senate on Administration, Dr....

Hope Democratic Party (HDP) has asked the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), to nullify the February 23, 2019 presidential election that produced President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner. The party and its presidential candidate, Chief Ambrose Owuru told the Tribunal in a fresh motion they filed that the February 23...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja signed into law the Federal Polytechnics Amendment bill and the National Institute for Security Studies bill. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives), Alhaji Umar El-Yakub disclosed this when he addressed State House Correspondents on...