archiveOctober 24, 2019

  “I don’t think that government regulation is necessarily the way to go, but I believe that we as persons of faith, as leaders and those of us who use social media actively, owe a responsibility to our society and to everyone else to ensure that we don’t allow it...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Thursday announced the winners of its maiden edition of X-Kathon after a thorough review of entries received for the competition. X-Kathon is NSE’s first Hackathon designed to encourage Tech enthusiasts to develop innovative Fintech solution to drive up millennials participation in the capital market....

    …says we’ll decisively implement four-point service agenda Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Thursday that he would run the affairs of the State like an open book throughout his tenure. Governor Makinde, who stated this while receiving a delegation from the Commercial Service of the United...

  Body of Bank CEOs applauds the recent notice from the National Communications Commission (NCC) announcing the immediate suspension of end-user billing for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) services. The body in a press statement on Thursday explained: “We would like to thank the Federal Government of Nigeria for championing...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Sochi, Russia, said fresh energy will be injected into Nigeria-Russia relations to bolster an age-long relationship that has been mutually rewarding and promising. He also called for a stronger partnership that is humane, inclusive and diversified. In statement at the second plenary of...

The Ondo State government has signed a $1.1 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a Germany-based firm, Medicus International, for the construction of a world-class medical complex in Akure. The project, which will span 48 months for completion, will be jointly sponsored by both the Ondo State government; while the...

  says, ‘O ya, come do business with ease’ The Senator who represented Kaduna Central at the Eighth Senate has challenged anyone who believes in Nigeria’s current ranking on the ease of doing business to visit the country to actually do so. The Presidency had announced on Thursday that Nigeria...

  The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Tunde Fowler, has said that the Nigeria loses about $15 billion to tax evasion annually. He made the revelation while speaking during a meeting with tax professionals from across the globe who converged in Abuja to chart ways to combat...

  The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday said it has intercepted 1,879 bags of foreign rice illegally smuggled into the country through Niger, Kogi, and Kwara states. The Customs Area Controller in charge of Kogi and Niger states, Yusuf Abba-Kassim, told journalists at a press briefing in Minna, Niger...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed delight with the World Bank’s 2020 Doing Business Index (DBI) which ranked Nigeria 131 out of 190 countries, up 15 places from 146th position last year. The report, which was released Thursday, also named Nigeria one of the top 10 most improved economies in...