archiveAugust 23, 2019

The special international convention to mark the 30th anniversary of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) kicked off on Friday evening at the church's popular Prayer City along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State. Already worshippers, in their thousands from all over the world, who had arrived for the convention, which...

Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) was upbeat for the third consecutive day as the crucial market indices on appreciated further by 0.62 per cent on Friday. Specifically, the market capitalisation of listed equities added N33 billion or 0.62 per cent to N13.524 trillion from N13.441 trillion achieved...

The Executive Director, University of Lagos Business School (UBLS), Prof. Abraham Osinubi, says not less than 25 candidates have been shortlisted for the take-off of the school in September. Osinubu made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. According to him,...

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday said the transition of FMDQ Securities Exchange Plc to a full exchange would depeen the nation’s capital market and make it more competitive. Ms Mary Uduk, SEC’s Acting Director-General, stated this at the second quarter Post Capital Market Committee (CMC) news...

Oil prices fell sharply on Friday after China unveiled retaliatory tariffs against about $75 billion worth of U.S. goods, marking the latest escalation of a protracted trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies. Brent crude futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil prices, fell 88 cents to $59.04 a...

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has ordered an attack on President Muhammadu Buhari as he visits Japan on Sunday. President Buhari will depart Abuja Sunday for Japan to participate in the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) holding in the City of...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday reshuffled some permanent secretaries and accounting officers in the federal service following the restructuring /creation of new ministries by the federal government. Buhari on Wednesday during the swearing in of new ministers announced the creation of five new ministries. The new ministries are Humanitarian...

A 252-count federal grand jury indictment unsealed Thursday charged 77 Nigerian nationals with participating in a massive conspiracy to steal millions of dollars through a variety of fraud schemes and launder the funds through a Los Angeles-based money laundering network as uncovered by the FBI. The indictment was unsealed after...

VP receives USAID delegation & US civil rights activist, Andrew Young The partnership between Nigeria and the United States is one that would continue to produce mutually desirable results for both countries, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja,...

President Muhammadu Buhari will travel to Japan on Sunday to attend the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development, the Presidency has said. The President is expected back on August 31. TICAD6 was held in Nairobi, Kenya in 2016 and Buhari also attended it. This year’s conference has the theme,...