archiveMarch 2020

  The Federal Government has announced that it will revisit the crude oil benchmark price of $53 per barrel used to prepare the 2020 budget. This announcement came on the heels of the crash of crude oil price in the international market from $53 per barrel to $31 per barrel....

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) is to invest $200 million through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to boost power supply in Nigeria. Acting Vice President, Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth Complex (AFDB), Mr Wale Shonibare, said this when he led some management staff of the bank on a...

  Hours after removing Emir Muhammadu Sanusi ll as the Emir of Kano, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has announced Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero as the new emir. Announcing the new emir at the Government House on Monday at the presence of the four kingmakers, the Secretary to the State Government...

  When people are asked to determine the growth of a sector, it is easier to use revenue to measure the decrease or increase. Higher revenue is most times linked to growth but can that index alone be used them for Nigerian cinemas? Nigeria already has a limited number of...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, among others have expressed confidence that the former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala would deliver on her appointment as a member of South Africa’s Presidential Economic Advisory Council. Jonathan remarked in a post on his verified Facebook page on...

Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide also known as Winners’ Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said that the present government led by President Mohammadu Buhari is the worst thing that has ever happened to Nigeria. Speaking on Sunday March 8th during a sermon in the church’s second service at...

  As part of activities to mark the International Women’s Day in Ondo State, the Wife of the Governor, Arabinrin Betty-Anyanwu Akeredolu today commenced the distribution of birth delivery items, code-named SOLAYO birth kits to 1000 pregnant women across the 18 local governments of the State. The 2020 distribution was...

  The Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service (FCTIRS) says it has captured 1.2 million taxpayers in its data base. The Executive Chairman of FCTIRS, Mr Abdullahi Attah made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. Attah explained that the service...

  A total turnover of 1.814 billion shares worth N26.008 billion in 23,494 deals were traded last week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), in contrast to a total of 1.547 billion shares valued at N24.263 billion that exchanged hands upper week in 21,646 deals....

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has felicitated with the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, as he marks his 63rd birthday on Sunday March 8, 2020. Lawan noted the many outstanding achievements of Osinbajo as an erudite lawyer, distinguished scholar, revered clergyman and political leader. "The Vice President has shown...