archiveSeptember 28, 2020

Justice Samirah Bature of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday ordered a serving Senator, Elisha Abbo, to pay the sum of N50 million as compensation to Mrs Osimibibra Warmate for assaulting her last year, Abbo was caught in the act via a CCTV camera inside...

The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, said on Monday that the commission has uncovered the diversion of N2.67 billion meant for school feeding programme in federal colleges to personal accounts. Owasanoye, who disclosed this in his keynote address at the...

 The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) resumed trading on Monday with a growth of N99 billion following gains by some blue chips. Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N13.754 trillion inched higher by N99 billion or 0.72 per cent to close at N13.853 trillion. Also, the NSE All-Share Index grew...

The Federal Government is set to conduct a census of all businesses in the country, to ensure accurate statistical representation, operations and contribute to policymaking for national development. Mr Clem Agba, Minister of State, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, made this known at the National Bureau of Statistics...

  Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has expressed his readiness to partner with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) toward the development of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) in the state. Ikpeazu made this known on Monday, when officials of the stock exchange paid him a courtesy visit at the...

As Nigeria’s 60th independence approaches, some citizens have cautioned the Federal Government on its endless resort to foreign borrowings to fund budget deficits. Some economic stakeholders expressed concern that the country remained dependent on oil as the sole revenue generating resource for such a long time without diversification to other...

 Dangote Cement Plc says 171 millionaires across the nation have emerged in its ongoing  ‘Bag of Goodies Promo season 2’.The company made this known in a statement signed by Mr Anthony Chiejina, Group Head, Corporate  Communications, Dangote Industries Limited on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...

A public Finance expert, Dr Greg Ugochukwu Ezeilo has suggested survival strategies that organisations can use to revitalize their operations and bounce back to profitability quickly in the post COVID-19 era. He gave the suggestion at a webinar organised by Team Bronze, a Think-Tank Group from Igbo-Ukwu, a historical town...

  Sen. Bola Tinubu, National Leader, All Progressives Congress (APC), has felicitated with the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola, as he clocks 66. Tinubu applauded Oyetola for his financial ingenuity and administrative expertise. The APC leader in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Tunde Rahman, on Monday in...

 Prof. Clement Dakas (SAN), Founder, Dakas CJ Dakas Foundation, has said that many people would not have survived the Coronavirus pandemic without the role journalists played. Dakas, who stated this on Monday in Jos when he presented some palliatives to the Nigeria Union Journalists (NUJ), Plateau Council, said that journalists...