archiveJuly 11, 2019

donates hundreds of SUBEB approved reading & writing materials to Agidingbi Grammar School, Ikeja As part of activities earmarked to celebrate its 7th anniversary in Nigeria, leading online shopping destination, Jumia recently donated to Agidingbi Junior Grammar School, Ikeja hundreds of reading and writing materials approved by the Lagos State...

Zenith Bank Plc has introduced the Zenith Timeless Account, which allows Nigerians aged 55years and above to enjoy free financial services. According to a press statement from the bank, The Zenith Timeless Account is a product offering targeted at senior citizens (aged 55 years and above), pensioners, potential and existing...

  As Ex-Head of State, Makinde harp on security   Former Head of State, General Abdusalami Abubakar said on Thursday that the private sector experience of the Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde will help him in the governance of the state. General Abdusalami Abubakar, who was on a...

The Federal Government has saved over N288 billion through the implementation of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) from April 2007 till date. Office of the Account General of the Federation (OAGF) revealed this on Thursday in Abuja when the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation...

  The naira appreciated marginally against the dollar at the parallel market on Thursday, exchanging at N359 to the dollar. The naira was traded at the segment  at N461 and N407 against the Pound Sterling and the Euro, respectively. At the Bureau De Change (BDC) window, the naira was sold...

  The Statistician-General of the Federation, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Dr Yemi Kale said that 41.5 million Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) were registered in 2017. Kale made this known during the Public Presentation of the 2017 NBS-SMEDAN Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) and...

  The Nigerian equities market dipped further on Thursday with the market capitalisation losing N265 billion within seven hours of trading due to price loses by blue chips. Specifically, the market capitalisation closed lower at N13.993 trillion having lost N265 billion or 1.86 per cent from the N14.258 trillion achieved...

  The Court of Appeal will, on Friday, deliver judgment in a suit filed against President Muhammadu Buhari, challenging his qualification for the 2019 presidential election. A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal presided over by Justice Atinuke Akomolafe-Wilson had, on Monday, July 8, reserved judgment in the suit...

The Department of Home Affairs says the country’s new eVisa system will launch in November 2019, and it has added new nations to the list of countries that can enter South Africa visa-free. According to a report by Business Tech and tweeted via the unverified Twitter handle of Home Affairs...

  The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has disbursed N208 billion as total allocation for 2019 tertiary institutions’ fund. Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, the Executive Secretary, TETFund, made this known at the annual meeting of TETFund beneficiary institutions on Thursday in Abuja, NAN reports. Bogoro said that universities got N826, 684,...