archiveJuly 26, 2019

MTN Plc led the gainers’ chart on Friday with N2, due to investors’ reactions to N2.95 interim dividend declared by the company for six months ended June 30, 2019. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the company released its unaudited result for the six months ended June 30...

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) on Friday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw the Babatunde Fashola from the ministerial list currently before the Senate for confirmation. CACOL said Fashola, who was the immediate past Minister of Work, Housing and Power, had failed to ensure good federal...

Former Education minister and Vice-President of the World Bank’s Africa division, Oby Ezekwesili on Friday expressed concerns over the plan by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to place forex restriction on the importation of milk. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) during the week had said it will place a...

  The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Thursday met with the registrars of 159 foreign universities in Africa, and accused some of these institutions of selling their certificates for between N300,000 and N500,000 each to unqualified Nigerians. These unqualified Nigerians, the NYSC added, were thereafter sent in by these corps-producing...

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced the results of the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Announcing the results at a news conference in Lagos, on Friday, Mr Olu Adenipekun, Head of National Office (HNO), West African Examinations Council (WAEC), said a total of 1,020,519 candidates...