archiveAugust 15, 2019

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the February 23, presidential election in Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar and his party has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari was not qualified to have contested the 2019 poll and as such should be disqualified by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. The party and its...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is investigating the Head of Service, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita over alleged N3 billion contract scam. According to Channels Television sources, she is also being investigated over alleged abuse of duty tour allowance, money laundering and alleged theft of government funds. Oyo-Ita is said...

  The Nigerian equities market maintained a negative session on Thursday with the market capitalisation dipping further by N15 billion. Specifically, the market capitalisation lost N15 billion to close at N13.183 trillion compared with N13.198 trillion on Wednesday. In the same vein, the All-Share Index shed 30.18 points or 0.11...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has released guidelines for the disbursement of lower denominations of the Naira through microfinance banks (MFBs) across the country. The bank’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr Isaac Okorafor, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Okorafor said this development...

  The Ogun job portal opened on Thursday for subscribers with 20 lucky applicants offered instant employments by the Ogun State Government into its public service. The successful applicants were selected following their performance on the aptitude test conducted for them at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto – Abeokuta;...

    Financial experts on Thursday backed the Federal Governmen’s move to stop foreign exchange on food importation, saying it would boost the nation’s foreign reserve and local production of food items. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews in Lagos that the policy if properly...

  The Federal Government has constituted 12 committees to review the present revenue sharing formula of the federation as well as ways to expand the revenue base of the nation. The Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mr Elias Mbas made this known on Thursday in Abuja at...

      Zenith Bank Plc, the sole sponsor of the Nigerian Female Basketball League, has hailed the Nigerian female basketball team, D’Tigress for their exploits at the ongoing FIBA Women’s Afrobasket 2019 in Dakar, Senegal. Speaking on the progress of the team to the quarterfinal stage of the competition,...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said that, with the recent constitution of the relevant parliamentary committees, the ninth National Assembly is now more prepared and ready to work for Nigerians. Lawan spoke to journalists at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, shortly on his return from the...

Director-General of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, has said that more than 4.6 million Nigerian graduates have participated in the scheme since it was established in 1973. Ibrahim made the disclosure in Abuja on Thursday, adding that the scheme had greatly helped in fostering unity and contributing...