archiveAugust 2020

Gov. Godwin Obasekiof Edo and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in  the Sept. 19 governorship election has appealed to supporters of the party to re-elect the present administration for continuity of its people-oriented programmes Obaseki made the appeal at Ogwa, ward 1, in Esan West Local Government Area, when...

  The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Mr Paul Usoro, has defended the association’s decision to withdraw the invitation earlier issued to the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, to be a guest speaker at its Annual General Conference. Usoro, on Friday, also denied the allegation of ethnic...

The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) on Friday said it had lost over N6billion in the course of the lockdown caused by the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Patrick Lee, the Chairman of the Assocation, disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. He...

The Nigeria Police Force on Friday invited a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Obadiah Mailafia, to its Abuja office on Monday. The police probe comes despite a separate investigation of the former CBN governor by the Department of State Services (DSS). The DSS had...

  By Kayode Oladeji The contraption called Nigeria is a nation that has become popularized by its matchless feat in corruption. It's a nation that daily shimmers and glitters in mired prisms of controversies. Kilishi, on the other hand, is an Hausa delicacy made from meat often thinned and desiccated....

 An Agricultural Economist, Mr Bright Okwu, says the Federal Government must sustain its investment into the real sector, in order to boost productivity and tackle the rising inflation rate. Okwu, who is the National Coordinator of the Africa Farming Project, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

 The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says it will regulate e-signature and e-meeting promoted by the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 to checkmate cyber fraud. Mr Tolulope Sonaike, an Assistant Director of the commission said this at the 10th webinar series organised by DCSL Corporate Services Limited in Lagos....

The newly signed Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020, if well implemented will enhance borrowings to the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) by financial institutions. Some stakeholders in the financial industry gave the submission at the 10th webinar series by DCSL Corporate Services Limited in Lagos. The News...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday said it would work with all capital market stakeholders to tackle the issue of unclaimed dividends, valued at N158.44 billion as at December 2019. Dr Lamido Yuguda, SEC Director-General, disclosed this at the post-Capital Market Committee news briefing organised by the commission...

  Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020, which was recently assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a series of tweets on Friday, he described CAMA as the greatest threat to Christianity, but also added that nothing can bring down...