archiveNovember 4, 2019

  Mr John Adeleke, Chairman, Oyo State Internal Revenue Service (OYSIRS), has disclosed that the state’s monthly internally-generated revenue (IGR) has moved from N1.3 billion to N2.7 billion. Adeleke made the disclosure on Monday at a press briefing organised by a group known as ‘Friends of Seyi Makinde’, held at...

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the application challenging the legality of the removal of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Onnoghen following an accusation of false asset declaration against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau. The Code of...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has barred parents, guardians or other proxies from making any changes to the data page or profile of candidates for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), insisting that only candidates could make such changes to their data page or profile henceforth. The board...

The Senate Committee on Finance on Monday prevented the representatives of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, from addressing it on the issue of exchange rates for funding key projects, insisting that he should attend in person. Chairman of the Committee, Solomon Adeola, asked...

Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Lagos have arrested a couple, Rowly Isioro, a former Assistant General Manager with one of the first generation banks and his wife, Ovuomarhoni Naomi Isioro, a business woman, for their alleged involvement in Business Email Compromise fraud and money laundering....

  The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has advised five states to be on red alert against flooding. Mr Clement Onyeaso, the Director General of NIHSA gave the advice while briefing the newsmen on Monday in Abuja. Onyeaso said the affected states to be on red alert are Edo, Delta,...

Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, has appointed a Nigerian, Uduak-Joe Ntuk, as the State Oil and Gas Supervisor, responsible for managing the Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that DOGGR uses science and sound engineering practices to regulate the drilling, operation...

Britain’s plan to raise the minimum wage to two-thirds of median earnings, taking it to 10.50 pounds (13.58 dollars) an hour, was endorsed by an independent review on Monday that found setting a floor on pay had a negligible effect on job creation. Companies are now likely to see wage...

Oil prices eased on Monday as traders took profit ahead of fresh European and U.S. economic data, in spite of hopes for some resolution to the U.S.-China trade row that has hurt global economic growth and crimped energy demand. Prices jumped about teo  dollars a barrel on Friday after the...

  The Debt Management Office (DMO) will today sell 2-year and 3-year Federal Government Savings Bond in its November 2019 issue. The savings bond attracts 10.296 per cent per annum premium for 2-year FGN Savings Bond due November 13, 2021, and 11.296 per cent per annum 3-year FGN Savings Bond...