archiveJanuary 2021

  Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has given a blog, gistlovers, 24 hours to prove insinuation of a tie with a former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Jalade-Ekeinde posted the screenshot of the blog’s post on Instagram on Tuesday. She asked her followers to report the blog’s page...

  The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it collected N4,952,243,711,728.37 as tax revenue in the 2020 fiscal year. Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, Director of Communications and Liaison of the service made this known in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Ahmad explained that this achievement represented about 98 per cent...

The Federal Government dominated capital raising at the fixed income segment of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in 2020, raising over N2.36 trillion. The Chief Executive Officer of NSE, Mr Oscar Onyema, said this at the 2020 market recap/2021 outlook on Tuesday in Lagos. Onyema said the Federal Government accounted...

 An EFCC Investigation Officer, Ms Sekinat Badamasi, on Tuesday told an FCT High Court in Kubwa that a businesswoman, Uju Okoye, defrauded applicants of N32 million for fictitious NNPC jobs. Being led in evidence by the prosecution counsel, Steve Odiase, the witness said a petition was assigned to her team against...

  The Federal Government has warned Nigerians against selling their SIM cards that are already linked with the National Identity Numbers (NIN), asserting that crimes committed with any SIM card would be traced for appropriate action. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami who gave the...

Dr Adefolarin Opawoye, an infectious disease expert on Tuesday said that body steaming does not prevent people from contacting COVID-19. Opawoye who is of the Infectious Diseases Unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) made the assertion during a virtual programmme organised by the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos....

  An economist, Ms Razia Khan, also Managing Director/Chief Economist, Africa and Middle East, Global Research, Standard Chartered Bank, on Tuesday said Nigeria would see a restoration of positive growth. Khan made the assertion in her presentation at the virtual 2020 Market Recap and 2021 Outlook hosted by the Nigerian...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says GSM operators have collected 47.8 million National Identification Number (NINs) from subscribers as at Jan 18. This is contained in a statement by Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC Director, Public Affairs on Tuesday in Lagos. Adinde quoted Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Isa...

  The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) on Monday disbursed an undisclosed amount to the College of Insurance and Financial Management (CIFM) to train 60 professionals as Actuaries in the industry. Dr Yeside Oyetayo, Rector CIFM made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos,...

  VFD Group, a financial service-focused proprietary investment company in Lagos, is perfecting arrangements for a national banking licence to be a major player in the Nigerian economy in the next five years. The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, VFD Group Plc, Mr Nonso Okpala, disclosed this in...