archiveJanuary 22, 2020

    The Debt Management Office (DMO) said the Federal Government of Nigeria realised N409.99 billion from the sales of bonds at its first debt auction this year on Wednesday. This represents biggest single sale ever as was overwhelmed by the huge subscription from investors at the auction even as...

    Attorneys General of the six Southwest states are to meet over the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Amotekun. The Nation learnt that the meeting will hold in one of the states on Thursday. The states are Ogun, Ondo, Lagos, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti. The state chief law officers...

The Lagos State Government has opened a camp for 300 Internal Displaced Persons of the pipeline explosion that occurred at Ile-Epo, Abule Egba area of Lagos State. A statement by the Public Affairs Officer of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor, on Wednesday, confirmed that the IDPs would...

The Federal Government has initiated the process of selling Nigeria’s local tourism potentials, particularly the Argungu fishing festival, to global tourism investors. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Wednesday at the opening of the 2020 International Tourism Trade Fair (Fitur) in Madrid, Spain. Speaking...

  Around 40 world leaders, on Wednesday arrived in Jerusalem for the fifth World Holocaust Forum scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. Britain’s Prince Charles, the Presidents of Russia, Germany, France, Italy, Ukraine, the vice President of the U.S. as well as the kings of Spain and Belgium were among the...

Mr Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has alleged some foreign countries of sabotaging the commission’s efforts at repatriating a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke. He stated this on Wednesday during an official visit to the Ibadan zonal office of the commission. The...

  The Nigerian equities market sustained negative trend on Wednesday with the market indices dropping marginally by 0.02 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index dipped 4.55 points or 0.02 per cent to close at 29,458.21 compared with 29,462.76 recorded on Tuesday. Similarly, the market capitalisation lost three billion naira or...

  Prof. Kabiru Bala has emerged as the new Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. This was announced on by Malam Adamu Fika, the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council of the university. Fika said Bala defeated 10 other contestants during an election for the post conducted on Wednesday in...

    Controversial hip hop artist, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, on Wednesday advised his fans, who he called ‘Marlians’ to be wary of their lifestyle, so that they do not mortgage their future. The music star made this known via his Twitter page @nairamarley that the youths...

The future of e-commerce is both exhilarating and daunting for players in the sector, depending on how receptive they are to the dynamic nature of the sector. With the current outlook for 2020, the market is growing rapidly and there are changes that will help businesses grow while there are...