archiveFebruary 21, 2020

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami on Friday called on more indigenous Information and Communications Technology (ICT) companies to invest in Cloud Computing. Pantami who was represented by the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Abdullahi, made the call at the 5th edition of...

  Capital market operators and regulators have been urged to tackle market infractions , insider trading and deluge of unclaimed dividends to boost investors’ confidence. Segun Ajibola, Professor of Economics, Babcock University and immediate past President, Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, gave the advice at the inauguration of a...

President Muhammadu Buhari says the issue of partial closure of Nigeria’s land border to goods from neighbouring countries will be determined by report of tripartite committee made up of Nigeria, Benin and Niger Republic. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said the Nigerian leader...

  The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared Jan. 21 of every year as the CAN National Day of Prayers for the `persecuted Christians’ in Nigeria. Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, Special Assistant Media and Communications media and communications to the CAN President, His Eminence, Rev. Samson Ayokunle ...

  A Kano High Court presided by Justice A. T. Badamasi, on Friday sentenced a 35-year-old housewife, Rashida Sa’idu, to death by hanging for pushing her husband to his death from the stairs. The convict, who lives at Dorayi Quarters Kano, was convicted on a charge of culpable homicide, which...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended deadline for the sale of forms for various party congresses by one week. PDP in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan said that the deadline had been extended from Feb. 22 to Feb. 29. “By this, the...

The Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has stated that his administration is already creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive. He equally declared that his administration has kick-started the process of making the state investment-friendly. Governor Makinde, who made this known while on an inspection tour of a...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Friday, said the Late Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu until his death, was a detribalized Nigerian who believed strongly in unity among majority and minority ethnic groups in Nigeria. Lawan, while describing the lawmaker who represented Imo North Senatorial District in his lifetime as a...

In a clear show of its resilience and market leadership, Zenith Bank has announced an impressive result for the year ended December 31, 2019, with profit after tax (PAT) of N208.8 billion, achieving the feat as the first Nigerian bank to cross the N200 billion mark. According to the bank’s...

says N’Assembly has embraced challenge to deliver on good governance President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has charged the media to brace up to their constitutional responsibility of educating the populace with the intendment of fostering national cohesion. This was even as he assured that the National Assembly on its...