archiveApril 2021

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says the Digital Switch Over (DSO) will help to boost the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of States through its value added services. The Minister said this on Saturday when he led members of the Ministerial Task Force on a visit to...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South West (PDP) has commended former Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti over his decision to unite aggrieved members in the zone.The party also commended Fayose for prevailing on Dr Eddy Olafeso and others, who contested in its just- concluded South-West congress, held...

  7 States, FCT set for phase 1 rollout Osinbajo commends progress so far As part of the Buhari administration’s efforts to transform agricultural productivity in the country, the Federal Government in partnership with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and other stakeholders is set to roll out a Special-Agro Industrial...

A turnover of 1.263 billion shares worth N10.759 billion in 19,975 deals were traded in the week by investors on the floor of the Exchange, in contrast to a total of 887.037 million shares valued at N9.193 billion that exchanged hands last week in 17,837 deals. The Financial Services Industry...

  The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has called for urgent action to address the underlying causes of the nation’s current rising inflationary trend. Amb Ayoola Olukanni, Director-General, NACCIMA, made the call-in reaction to the 18.17 per cent March inflation figure as released by...

  Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday March 16, 2021, arrested one Imeh Henshaw Nyong, a music producer and four others for alleged internet fraud in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Nyong was arrested alongside Benjamin Ikpeme, Godwin Isong, Magnus Chimaobi...

Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday March 16, 2021, arrested one Imeh Henshaw Nyong, a music producer and four others for alleged internet fraud in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Nyong was arrested alongside Benjamin Ikpeme, Godwin Isong, Magnus Chimaobi and...

The 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) generated N1.31 trillion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2020 compared to N1.33 trillion recorded in 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says. NBS made this known on Friday in Abuja in its “Internally Generated Revenue at State Level” for...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has registered another 80 cases of COVID-19 in eleven states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. This brings the total number of recorded cases so far to 164,080. NCDC made this known on Thursday night via a tweet on its verified...

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has revealed that it was working with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to put in place regulatory guidelines for cryptocurrencies trading in the country. The development was disclosed by the Director-General of SEC, Lamido Yuguda, at the 2021 post-Capital Market Committee (CMC)...