archiveSeptember 2019

Tribunal upholds election of Makinde The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Ibadan on Monday upheld the victory of Gov. Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Adebayo Adelabu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had filed a petition against Makinde in the March 9 governorship election in the...

Rev. Israel Akanji, Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged the judiciary to maintain fairness and righteousness in the discharge of their legal duties. Akanji charged the judiciary during a Devotional Service to mark the 2019 to 2020 Legal Year on  Monday in Abuja. He said that during the...

  Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Rev Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has named as the keynote speaker at its third annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) holding on Friday, October 4, 2019 at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos State. A statement signed by GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Mr....

The Managing Directors of Heritage Bank Limited and Nigerian Export-Import Bank  (NEXIM)  Limited have all confirmed their attendance at the forthcoming Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria (FICAN) Annual workshop holding in Lagos. The event, slated for Saturday September 21 at Golden Tulip Hotel, FESTAC Town Lagos, will have the  Managing...

The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, has called on investors to take advantage of diverse product offerings that would promote diversity in their investment portfolio. He made the call during the week at the 4th edition of the NSE Market Data Workshop...

  The Lagos State University (LASU) has terminated the appointments of five academic and three non-academic staff for forgery and "sale" of marks to students. LASU disclosed in a statement on Friday. The institution noted that those given the sack did not demonstrate integrity in the discharge of their responsibilities....

  Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) remained positive with the market indices growing further by 1.28 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index rose by 352.36 points or 1.28 per cent to close at 27, 779.00 against 27,426.64 achieved on Thursday. Also, the market capitalisation rose by N171 billion...

  South Africa’s economic growth is unlikely to reach the treasury’s target of 1.5 per cent in 2019 because conditions have changed and the country is facing increasing headwinds, Finance Minister, Tito Mboweni, said on Friday. Mboweni told a conference in Johannesburg that the assumptions underlying the forecasts had clearly...

  A group of civil society organisations (CSOs) have urged the Federal Government not to follow through with the plan to increase Value Added Tax (VAT), saying that it will increase poverty and widen inequality. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the CSOs were reacting to the recent...

    FBNQuest Trustees Ltd says it will continue to preserve legacies across generations as its share capital grew from N30 million in the 90s to N3 billion in 2019. Mr Adekunle Awojobi, Managing Director, FBNQuest Trustees, made the disclosure during the 40th Anniversary celebration of the company on Friday...