archiveNovember 20, 2019

The Senate on Wednesday considered a Bill seeking to establish the National Agency for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The Agency, when established, shall be charged with effective management of mental health and psychosocial disabilities in Nigeria. Sponsor of the bill, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC, Kwara Central), in his...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange, Africa’s second-largest bourse, plans to introduce trading in financial derivatives next year as it seeks to deepen the market. “We will launch with equity index futures and then grow the list from there,” Chief Executive Officer Oscar Onyema said in an interview in Abu Dhabi Tuesday....

  A former Ghanaian President John Mahama has called on Nigeria leadership reopening her land borders, saying economies of many smaller African countries are being strangulated by the continued closure. Mahama said Nigeria as the biggest economy in the continent should not lose sight of its position and reconsider her...

Says purveyors hide under ‘Freedom of Speech’ to blackmail NASS, victimise others The Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, on Wednesday warned that Nigeria may experience severe crisis with its attendant effect unless the excesses of hate speech is nipped in the bud through a legislation...

  As part of its efforts to promote sustainable development, Unity Bank in collaboration with Avant-Garde Innovation & Technology Services (AGITS) has championed stakeholders’ forum to drive major advocacy initiatives for stronger climate action that will entrench values and ethos for achieving sustainable development goals. The roundtable discourse themed -...

Access Bank has appointment  Ajoritsedere  Awosika as its new board chairman, to replace its current chairman who is due for retirement by January next year. Awosika, will be replacing Mosun Belo-Olusoga, also a female on the board as chairman, according to a regulatory filing by the lender on Tuesday. Belo-Olusoga...

A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. James Faleke (APC-Lagos), has disagreed with the death sentence for hate speech as proposed by a bill currently before the Senate. In an interview with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, Faleke, said though that there was need to curb hate speech, the...

  The Chairman of the board of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr Olufemi Lijadu, has stressed the need for exploration of the country’s non-oil sector for economic growth and development. Lijadu said that exploration of the non-oil sector, especially the capital market, would enable Nigeria attain its full...

  The Nigerian Senate has opposed the idea of banning the importation of power-generating sets to address the challenges in the country’s power sector. Chukwuka Utazi, senator representing Enugu North, moved a motion for an urgent solution to the perennial problems in the power sector. He asked the Senate to...

  The enforcement of the new vehicle number plates will commence from 1st January 2020. The Joint Tax Board made this known in a communique issued at the end of its 14th meeting in Abuja. According to the board, “the enforcement of the new vehicle number plates shall commence with...