archiveJune 2019

  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...

  Musa Mohammed from Abuja and Omolayo Bamidele from Ekiti State have emerged champions of the second edition of the Zenith Bank/Next - Gen Tennis Masters which held at the National Stadium Surulere Tennis Centre. According to a press statement from the bank, several hundred spectators sat out a four...

  The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Monday dismissed an application by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, requesting permission to have access to the central server said to have been used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the February...

  Twelve of Nigerian state governments have proved that the returns from the usual business of budget secrecy are much more fulfilling to them than the $750million incentive provided by the World Bank to encourage public finance transparency in Nigeria, BudgIT research has shown. An 8-month painstaking effort, the assessment...

    The Federal Government says the verification and payment of ex-workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL) in Diaspora will begin on Monday in London, United Kingdom (UK). Mr John  Waitono, Acting Director, Presidential Initiative on Continuous  Audit (PICA), said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja....