archiveJune 24, 2019

  The Court of Appeal Abuja division on Monday ordered President Muhammadu Buhari to respond within five days to the appeal filed against his qualification for the 2019 presidential election. The court also ordered the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to within five respond...

  The Federal Government on Monday inaugurated the newly re-constituted Board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with Mr. Oluremi Lijadu as Chairman. The inauguration which was conducted by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Alhaji Mahmoud Isa-Dutse, in Abuja has  Lijadu as Chairman of the Board of...

  Transactions on The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed for the week on Monday still on a bearish trend with the investors recorded a loss of N18 billion in the day trading. The market capitalisation which opened the week at N13.154 trillion lost N18 billion or 0.14 per cent to...

  Oando Plc pleaded on Monday that the Federal High Court in Lagos should join it in a suit filed by its Group Chief Executive Officer Wale Tinubu and his deputy Mr Omamofe Boyo against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Tinubu and Boyo are challenging SEC’s decision to remove...

  As the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed an application the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filed to be granted access to inspect the central server they said was used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to transmit results of...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says the country’s external reserves stand at $45 billion as at June 2019. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, disclosed this in Abuja on Monday at the unveiling of his policy road map for his five years second term. Emefiele said the bank...

  The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday issued a bench warrant for Innoson Nigeria Ltd Chairman Innocent Chukwuma and two others. Justice Ayokunle Faji made the order following an application by prosecuting counsel Julius Ajakaiye. The lawyer prayed the court to order Chukwuman’s arrest for failing to appear...

  Afro-fusion artist, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy clinched the coveted ‘Best International Act’ award at the BET on Monday. The 2019 edition of the award which celebrates black people in film, music, and arts, was held at the Microsoft Theatre in California. The BET Award for Best International Act...

  Sterling Bank Plc has said it is lending support to a programme organised by The Teaching Network Foundation (TTNF) in a bid to improve the quality of teachers in Nigeria’s education sector. The programme themed “Introducing and Developing a Sustainable Assessment Strategy to Improve Teaching and Learning,” was held...

    The Chairman of SUNU Assurances, Mr. Kyari Abba Bukar and private sector actors under the aegis of the Nigerian Humanitarian Fund Private Sector Initiative (NHF-PSI), along with the United Nations, UN, visited Borno state for the second time last week to assess the condition of internally displaced persons...