archiveAugust 5, 2021

  *VP Commends Zulum’s incredible achievements, lists COVID - 19 response, Security, Climate Change, Education, 4th Industrial Revolution, & AfCFTA, as priority areas *Says all tiers of government must be open-minded, collaborative Despite the current turbulent socio-economic conditions in the country and the tough challenges they pose, generating economic growth,...

  Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on PDP leaders to unite for the sake of the party’s interest and the country. Abubakar made the call in a statement issued by his Media Adviser Paul Ibe in Abuja on Thursday while reacting to the current frictions in the PDP....

 Experts have backed the Federal Executive Council’s approval of the acquisition of 20 per cent minority stake by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the Dangote Petroleum and Petro-Chemical Refinery.They made their views known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Thursday in Lagos....

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT) is to set up a committee to resolve the internal leadership crisis rocking the party. Former Senate President, Sen. David Mark, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the board’s meeting held on Thursday in Abuja, described the meeting as cordial...

One of Nigeria’s leading minds in accounting, Christian Ekeigwe, has harped on the need for accountants to exercise sufficient self-control as they play their gatekeeping roles in society. Ekeigwe, a fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA, Massachusetts), traced audit failures to...

  The Gov. of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Dr Godwin Emefiele on Thursday disclosed that at the end of June 2021, commercial banks in Nigeria refunded N89.2 billion to customers over complaints. Emefiele made the disclosure during a CBN Fair held simultaneously in Cross River and Akwa Ibom with...

Argentine superstar Lionel Messi will not sign a new deal with Barcelona, the Spanish giants have said. “Despite FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi having reached an agreement and the clear intention of both parties to sign a new contract today, this cannot happen because of financial and structural obstacles (Spanish...

 Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Thursday in Lagos charged insurance companies to provide affordable, accessible and specially designed policies for the Nano, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NMSMEs).Sanwo-Olu gave the advice at a one-day sensitisation workshop on insurance organised by the National Insurance Commision ( NAICOM) for NMSMEs....