archiveAugust 2019

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...

Dana Air, owner of Sri Sai Vandana Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and Wema Bank Nigeria risk prosecution over the airline’s inflight donation collected between 2014 and 2018 allegedly without following due process. Dana had started the foundation in 1995 and commenced the donation in partnership with the Sickle Cell...

  A survey by market research group, Global Web Index, has said that Nigeria ranks only second behind Philippines for countries whose citizens spend the most time on the social media. The organisation surveyed 46 countries, discovering that Nigeria’s youthful population are on social media for an average of three...

  Mr Abhay Thakur, the High Commissioner of India to Nigeria, has said that Nigeria alone accounted for 20 per cent of India’s trade in Africa for the year 2018. He made this known on Thursday at the Flag Hoisting Ceremony on the auspicious occasion of the 72nd Anniversary of...