archiveJuly 17, 2019

The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria (ICSAN) on Wednesday said it  would continue to engage the government to appropriately place holders of its certificate within the civil service. Mr Bode Ayeku, the incoming President and Chairman of ICSAN Council, made the pledge during his investiture as the...

  Says I am in a hurry to bring investors to Oyo   Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Wednesday that his government intends to quickly turn around the security architecture of Oyo State in order to open up the state for foreign investors. Makinde, according to a...

About 30 per cent of companies operating in Nigeria evade tax while 25 per cent of registered companies in the country are not paying tax, an international non-governmental organisation, Oxfam in Nigeria, has said. The organisation said the country loses about $2.9billion or N580billion yearly to tax waivers granted to...

  The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in reacting to the murder of Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Chief Rueben Fasoranti, Afenifere leader, by yet to be identified gunmen urged Nigerians to be wary of partisan individuals making inciting comments. APC said some leaders were spreading hate and intolerance over the...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) to combat Ponzi schemes and fraud in the capital market. Mrs Mary Uduk, the Acting Director-General of SEC, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. She said the collaboration was...

At last, solution has come the way of victims of snake bite as the African Centre of Excellence in Phytomedicine Research and Development, University of Jos in collaboration with the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion, NOTAP on Wednesday unveiled the first indigenous and world first Anti—Snake vaccine called...

The classmates of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, who was shot dead Friday by yet to be identified assailants, have called on the government to fish out the killers of the daughter of the leader of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Reuben Fasoranti. Reacting to the news of the death of their...

    The Anambra State Government has said that teachers without requisite qualifications will be disengaged by December 31, 2019. Commissioner for Basic Education, Prof. Kate Omenugha, gave the directive in a statement by the Public Relation Officer of the Ministry, Mr Nnaemeka Egwuonwu. Omenugha said the deadline was in...

    Egypt’s economy grew by 5.6 per cent in the 2018/19 fiscal year and is “on the right track’’ as it completes IMF-backed reforms, Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouli said on Wednesday. Madbouli said the budget deficit came in at 8.2 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which was...

A Professor of Health Education, Bidemi Idowu says no time is too long or stale to report rape or sexual abuse, as long as there is actually a case to answer . Idowu said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of delivering...