archiveJune 2019

The Federal Government on Monday declared Wednesday, June 12, as a public holiday, to commemorate the nation’s National Democracy Day. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement signed by Mr Mohammed Manga, Director Press & Public...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended till further notice the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Oando Plc scheduled to hold Tuesday. The Commission made this known on Monday in a statement duly signed by its management in Abuja. According to the statement: “The Securities & Exchange Commission (‘the...

Eighteen states in Nigeria will benefit from the Rural Access and Mobility Project (RAMP), a Word Bank Programme in Nigeria by 2020. Mr  Ubandoma Ularamu, National Coordinator of the programme made the disclosure on Monday at the Bid Opening of Second Phase of RAMP-2  held in Yola. Ularamu said that...

The Nigerian equities market resumed trading for the week on consolidation of a five-day losing streak with a loss of N48 billion due to bargain hunting. Speficially, the market capitalisation on Monday shed N48 billion or 0.36 per cent to close at N13.354 trillion against N13.402 trillion. Also, All-Share Index...

Coalition is faceless- Oladeji A civil rights organisation, Coalition Against Corrupt Christians (CACA) on Monday expressed fears over the forthcoming presidential election of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) which, it said, could be marred by vote-buying. The organisation said its findings revealed that the President of CAN, Rev. Samson...

An Entrepreneur, Mr Muideen Ibrahim, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure a remarkable improvement in the power sector urgently in his second term administration. Ibrahim, who is the Chief Executive Officer of BAMIB Resources and Investments Company Ltd (BRIC), made the appeal in an interview with News Agency of...

  Says right candidate will emerge in PDP Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on Monday, said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the November 16 governorship election in the state would emerge through the right process and not by imposition. He advised aspirants who believe in imposition...

    There are hidden economic opportunities in taxation which government should explore by bringing more people into the tax net, the Executive Vice Chairman, Alpha African Advisory, Mustapha Chike-Obi has said. He gave the advice on Monday while speaking at the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) Bi-Monthly Forum,...

  Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Monday said that 10 per cent of the state’s annual budget would be devoted to the education sector. Makinde said this in his address at the inauguration of the Oyo State 9th House of Assembly. He said: ” This was a promise...

An official of National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Mr Isiaka Olarewaju, says the bureau will publish the findings of the ongoing survey on corruption in September. The survey is the second National Household Survey on Quality and Integrity of Public Services in Nigeria, 2019. Olarewaju, a Project Director of the...