archiveMarch 2021

 Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) recorded profit after tax of N26.70 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2020. The company stated this in its audited result released on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday. The profit after tax represented an increase of 33.2 per cent...

 Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has relieved three commissioners in the state of the appointments, nominated their replacements and reassigned portfolios to some others.The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Ibrahim Njodi, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Gombe on Monday by the state’s...

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc leveraged The Nigerian Stock Exchange’s Closing Gong Ceremony to introduce its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr. Karl Toriola to the capital market community on Monday, 1 March 2021. Speaking at the event, the CEO, NSE, Mr. Oscar N. Onyema, OON stated, “On behalf of the...

The World Federation of Exchanges (The WFE), the global industry group for exchanges and Central Counterparty Clearing Houses (CCPs), today published its inaugural annual Women Leaders List. Notable among the selected women leaders is the Executive Director, Regulation, the Nigerian Stock Exchange (The NSE), Ms. Tinuade Awe. The WFE’s Women...

As part of BudgIT’s mandate to promote transparency and accountability in public finance, the body said it was currently leading an #Account4COVID campaign to ensure that all states publish their expenditures on COVID-19 response. It said in a statement on Monday: “It is not news that independently of states’ allocations...

VP task participants to ``unlock mystery of failed or poorly implemented policies and projects``   ``So, your task is already well cut out for you. Perhaps Course 43 will be able to unlock the mystery of failed or poorly implemented policies and projects, but more importantly, promote a practical, nitty-gritty...

Veteran journalist and author, Michael Owhoko, has been awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Political Science by the Selinus University. Owhoko, whose thesis was entitled, The Future of Nigeria, was awarded the Ph.D after a successful defence of his dissertation. Impressed by the intellectual depth and rigours of his...

The organizers of the annual Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series, ITREALMS Media, has unveiled the date for this year’s edition. The Editor-in-Chief/Lead Consulting Strategist at ITREALMS Media, Mr. Remmy Nweke, disclosed this at the weekend, saying the management has approved Thursday, June 10, 2021 as the date for the yearly NDSF...

  Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) commenced the week and month on Monday on a bullish trend, following uptick in BUA Cement, Zenith Bank and UBA.Specifically, the market capitalisation increased by N65 billion or 0.33 per cent to close at N20.892 trillion from N20.823 trillion posted on Friday....

  Mr Hilary Namasu, the NYSC Director of Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED), has said that the scheme was partnering private sectors on skill acquisition training for corps members. Namasu, made the disclosure at the opening ceremony of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) SAED stakeholders’ meeting and desk...