archiveOctober 2019

    President Muhammadu Buhari says that stricter laws are needed to prevent girls from being abused in schools across the country. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said Buhari made his feelings known while reacting to...

  Clarifies initial N10bn loan Says ‘we’ll continue to be transparent on public funds’ Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Friday, clarified that the N7.6 billion loan approved by the House of Assembly on Thursday for the upgrading of two farm settlements in Akufo and Eruwa, to Farm Estates,...

The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) says it collated 9.29 billion dollars investments in the country in the third quarter of 2019. Ms. Yewande Sadiku, NIPC Executive Secretary made this known on Friday in Abuja at a news conference. Presenting the investment report, Sadiku said that a total of 13...

      The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday issued regulatory guidelines for the operation of Indirect Participants in the Payments System, with effect from Nov. 11. The apex bank made this known in a circular issued by CBN’s Director Payments System Management Department, Mr Sam Okojere, to...

      The Nigerian Stock Exchange has announced the amendment to the rules on Pricing Methodology; price movements of equity securities traded on The Exchange. The amendments, which will be effective on Friday, October 11, 2019 are Rules 15:29.2.C.2 of the Rulebook of the Exchange, 2015 (Dealing Members’ Rules)....

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met behind closed doors with former President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former president arrived the State House at about 3.00p.m, and went straight to the president’s office. NAN reports that the agenda of...

    The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Thursday said African airlines recorded a 4.1 per cent increase in passenger traffic in August compared to the same period in 2018. IATA’s Director-General, Mr Alexandre de Juniac, said the traffic climbed from 3.2 per cent recorded by the airlines in...

    A Psychiatrist, Dr Kayode Adetunji, has said that most Nigerians are disposed to mental illness and disorder in one way or the other. Adetunji said this in a telephone interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. He said there was the need for Nigerians to visit...

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itsey Sagay says the Federal Government has recovered billions from corrupt Nigerians in the past four and half years. Sagay, who made the disclosure while fielding questions from State House Correspondents in Abuja on Thursday, said the committee had...

The Federal Government has said that the $25 billion Foreign Direct Investment injected by Nigerians in diaspora after the nation exited recession in 2018 helped revived Nigeria’s economy. Chairman, Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, revealed that Nigerians have expressed desire to inject their funds in over 200...