archiveDecember 2019

  Capital market operators on Tuesday urged the new Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) chairman to ensure removal of Value Added Tax on capital market transactions to boost investment in the country. They said this in separate interviews with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, while reacting to the...

  2019 has been quite a significant year, which in many ways has reshaped the market for years to come. The seemingly compelling story of cheap asset prices wasn’t enough to move the needle, as foreign and domestic investors remained wary of equities investments. This is despite the enthusiasm that...

  Interim Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Abiodun Aina, on Monday, praised the efforts of the immediate past chairman of the body, Mr. Tunde Fowler on his efforts at repositioning the body. Aina, who spoke in glowing terms about Fowler, thanked him for transforming FIRS even as...

  The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) on Monday took over operations of Cedar Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Limited after a Federal High Court Sitting in Lagos granted its prayer to do so. Justice C.J. Aneke granted AMCON’s application following the inability of Cedar Oil, its directors...

About 82 technicians from different parts of the country competed for honours in skill categories that include robotics, plumbing, carpentry, shoemaking, web and graphic design during Africa’s biggest skills festival powered by Sterling Bank at the Landmark Events Centre in Lagos from December 4 -5, 2019. At the end of...

Only acts of deep humility and personal sacrifice can root out intolerance, bigotry In a world increasingly plagued by activities of the agents of intolerance and religious extremism, it will take acts of deep humility and personal sacrifice, especially by leaders across board, in order to change the disposition to...

Former Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections; Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, as well as former Governor Virgy Etiaba of Anambra State, on Saturday felicitated with the Founder of the Loveworld Inc, also known as...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Monday called on the Executive to, as a matter of urgency, declare a state of emergency in the power sector to overcome the legion of problems stalling steady power supply in Nigeria. Lawan stated this while declaring open a one-day round-table discussion with...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday directed the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) to publish daily financial statements of federal government’s transactions. This is part of the Federal Government’s fresh initiative to enthrone greater transparency in government business. The president, in far away Rwanda, also identified corruption...

    Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that his absence at the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Award was due to the prevailing saga on the continued detention of Omoyele Sowore, the online publisher of Sahara Reporters. The Vice President was to be honored with an award on Monday...