archiveJuly 2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has cut down the time, processes and costs of the transmission of shares from a deceased investor to their beneficiaries. The capital market regulator said in a statement on Thursday that the decision is to reduce the quantum of unclaimed dividends in the Nigerian...

National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has summoned Ndudi Elumelu and six other members of the House of Representatives over the minority leadership tussle in the lower chamber. Other members summoned were Wole Oke, Lynda Ikpeazu, Anayo Edwin, Gideon Gwadi, Toby Okechukwu and Adekoya Abdul-Majid. In...

Sterling Bank Plc has been adjudged as the third best place to work in Nigeria and on the African continent at the 2019 edition of the annual Great Place to Work (GPTW) awards which held in Lagos recently. The bank also clinched the Best in Leadership (Large corporate) and Best...

    In the last 12 calendar months, Jumia Nigeria has recorded significant achievements in three major areas of its operations in the country: customer delivery experience, e-commerce reach and expansion, and job creation and empowerment. This is according to the chief executive officer of the company, Mrs Juliet Annamah,...

A pipeline explosion occurred at Ijegun, in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State in the early hours of Thursday, with two unidentified bodies, as well as many vehicles and shops burnt in a raging fire. This is according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report monitored by...

  The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has decried the non-submission of reports from the civil society groups that monitored the last general election in the country. In his address on Wednesday at the review session of the last general election, the INEC chairman...

Just about 40 per cent of over 17, 000 private primary and secondary schools in Lagos State are approved by the state government. The Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, Ministry of Education, Mrs Ronke Soyombo, gave this revelation in her keynote address at the 2019 annual leadership summit of...

Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to tender an apology to Nigerians for saying former head of state Sani Abacha did not steal taxpayers' money – The human rights lawyer says it has been established that Abacha stole over $5 billion and about $3.5 billion...

    Senator Shehu Sani and Femi Falana have both reacted to the suspension of Ruga settlement plan by the Federal Government. Senator Sani saw the suspension as a move to avoid grave consequences that may follow it if executed. On his twitter handle on Wednesday, the senator said “the...

  The Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) has been awarded the ‘Best Ground Handling Company in West Africa’. The award was given at the 5th edition of the Balafon Travel Awards held at La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana. The award is to recognize individuals and corporate bodies...