archiveJune 2019

  The Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum Kayode Fayemi has said the forum would make its decision on state police known to the public soon. “The forum has retained security as a growing concern and permanent issue on the agenda of our deliberation, state police is an issue that...

  Moody’s Investors Service, a global credit rating agency, has revealed why Nigeria’s economy is somewhat trapped in a low growth path. The rating agency alarmed that even though there was a 1.1 per cent increase in growth in 2018 that recorded 1.9 per cent against the 0.8 per cent...

    President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed the reappointment of Mr. Ahmed Idris, as the Accountant General of the Federation. The appointment of Idris as the AGF is coming three weeks after the inauguration of President Buhari as the President for second term. The reappointment of Idris was communicated by...

  Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey, said in a rally in Istanbul Wednesday that Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president did not die naturally. Morsi, who was serving out a reduced 20-year sentence, was speaking in a court appearance on Tuesday before he fainted and was subsequently pronounced dead...

    President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr. Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The appointment which takes effect from 8 July replaces Dr. Maikanti Baru as the 19th Group Managing Director of the National Oil Company. A release on...

    Kidnapped Dayo Adewole, son of former Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has been released barely 24 hours after . He was kidnapped on Tuesday at his farm located at Iroko near Fiditi in Afijio Local Government Area of Oyo State. An aide to the minister told The Punch,...

*VP interacts with visiting Harvard Business School faculty, top business executives The Federal Government's vision for Nigeria in the next 10 years and more is to transform the economy into an industrialized one with a strong middle class and a place where the majority of the people are living above...

  In furtherance of its commitment to programmes aimed at ensuring that Nigeria keeps pace in the technologies and competencies that will define the 21st century and beyond through people empowerment, capacity and institutions building, Honeywell Group Limited has partnered with the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund (LSETF) to help...

  The South West U-13 and the South-South U-15 football teams have emerged winners of the national finals of the Zenith Bank/NFF U-13, U-15 Future Eagles Tournament held in Uyo, AkwaIbom State at the weekend. South-West U-13 Team thrashed North Central U-13 Team, 5 – 0, to emerge winners of...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has partnered the government of the Republic of Korea for creation of more investible products to enhance liquidity in Nigerian capital market. Ms Mary Uduk, SEC Acting Director-General, stated this on Wednesday at the Final Reporting Workshop and High Level Policy Dialogue for the...