archiveOctober 15, 2019

  The benchmark index of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) halted gains posted in the preceding trading session on Monday to drop by 0.16 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index on Tuesday dipped 43.79 points, representing 0.16 per cent to close at 26,513.65 compared with 26,557.44 achieved on Monday. Similarly,...

  adjourns plenary till Nov. 29   The 2020 Appropriation Bill submitted to the National Assembly last week by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday scaled second reading on the floor of the Senate. The upper chamber has subsequently adjourned plenary till 29th November, 2019, to enable Ministries, Departments and Agencies...

The Senate, in a bid to shore up Nigeria’s revenue earning, on Tuesday passed the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract Act 2004(amendment) Bill 2019. This was just as the upper chamber received a formal request from President Muhammadu Buhari seeking the amendment of the Act. The bill...

Nigeria’s leading media measurement and evaluation agency, P+ Measurement Services, has announced the introduction of a dedicated Broadcast Analytics audit Reporting platform to help brands interpret their TV and radio advert compliance reports. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency said the new solution, regarded as the first of its...

  Walter Duru, Ph.D   One of the cheering news in Imo State today is that the administration of Governor Emeka Ihedioha has submitted a Letter of Intent to join the Open Government Partnership, Nigeria. This confirmation came from the Secretariat of OGP Nigeria, Abuja. The implication is that the...

  The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday held a crucial security meeting with top officials who are directly charged with the security of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The meeting, which held at the Senate President's office, was also attended by key officers of the Senate. "We...

Following the disagreement that between the federal government and labour unions over the implementation of the N30,000 national minimum wage, the House of Representatives has promised to resolve the impasse. Labour is demanding 29 per cent salary increase for officers at salary levels 07 to 14 and 24 per cent...

Mrs Olajumoke Simplice, President, Chartered Institute of Taxation, Nigeria (CITN), has said that Nigeria will not progress without effective taxation system in place. Simplice made this known at a Seminar on ‘’Current issues in Nigeria Taxation: VAT Act, Stamp duty, TIN and PTF’’, in Abuja on Tuesday. “The Value added...

Prof. Ibrahim Garba, the Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, says the institution had secured over N53 million from UNESCO-ICHEI for the establishment of Smart Classroom. Garba disclosed this at the 2nd International Conference of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE) at the main campus of university in Samaru,...

  The Lagos State Government has urged farmers not to relent in their efforts at food sufficiency for the nation’s teeming populace. Prince Gbolabo Lawal, the Commissioner for Agriculture, said this on Tuesday in Lagos while commemorating the World Food Day, which comes up on Wednesday Oct. 16, at the...