archiveAugust 2021

says party’s unity responsible for cordial relationship with opposition lawmakers     President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has given several conditions that would enable the All Progressives Congress retain power during and beyond the 2023 general elections. The Senate President while receiving a visiting delegation of the All Progressives Congress...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has sought greater collaboration with financial institutions in the country as a way of tackling fraudulent election financing, foreign exchange malpractices and money laundering. Speaking on Thursday, August 19, 2021 during an interactive session with managing directors of...

Nigeria’s leading innovative bank, Wema Bank Plc, recently partnered with SheCan Nigeria to reaffirm its commitment to improving the lots of women and the girl-child by helping them attain financial stability, independence and set goals through prudent management of resources. The Bank gave the commitment on Friday at the SheCan...

'More airline operators coming to Ibadan Airport soon' ...as gov receives Dominican University's mgt, governing board Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Thursday, reiterated his administration's determination to continue to make businesses thrive in all the nooks and crannies of the state. The governor, while receiving the management and governing...

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has announced an increase of 24 per cent in the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of the state. Zulum made the disclosure on Thursday in Maiduguri at a sensitisation programme on the review of the revenue sharing formula. The governor, whose speech was read by his...

 The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, said the Federal Government raised the sum of N669 billion from the Nigerian capital market through issuance of Sukuk Bonds.Ahmed said this at the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS) 2021 national workshop on Thursday. The theme of the national...

 The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria will offer new undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Islamic Economics, Banking and Finance to bridge the gap in human capital needed in the sector. Prof. Muhammad-Nasir Maiturare, of ABU Business School, disclosed this during a workshop organised by the school in collaboration with the...

A Kano State High Court on Thursday sentenced a 35-year-old man, Nura Gwanda to death by hanging, for stabbing 27-year-old Mudan Ibrahim to death with a knife. Gwanda, who resides at Fagge Quarters, Kano, was convicted on a count charge of culpable homicide. The Presiding Judge, Justice Aisha Ibrahim-Mahmoud, held...

 The House of Representatives has expressed displeasure over the way some government agencies conceal their revenues, thereby denying the Federal Government the fund for budgeting. The House criticises the way the country resorts to borrowing N5.62 trillion to finance deficit in the 2022 budget, while these agencies starve the government...

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N1.7billion for acquisition of permanent office for the Nigeria Extractive Industries, Transparency Initiative (NEITI) and purchase of scanners for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known when...