archiveNovember 2021

  The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged agricultural processors and farmers in Kano State to improve the standards of their commodities.The Director-General of SON, Malam Farouk Salim,  made the call during a sensitisation programme organised for agricultural processors and farmers on Thursday in Kano. The programme was organised...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has appointed Mr. Femi Awakan as the Chairman of the state's Bureau of Internal Revenue. The governor also appointed the trio of Hon. Adeyinka Kazeem Adeniyi (Bibiire), Chief Omokunmi Mustapha and Hon. Gbenga Oyekola as Special Advisers on Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Interparty...

Heifer, NiDCOM collaborate to attract Diaspora investments into Nigeria’s Agribusiness Heifer Nigeria, a global nonprofit institution working towards eradicating poverty and hunger is collaborating with the Nigeria in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) to link diaspora investments to Nigerian agribusinesses in order to stimulate economic growth. Featuring its initiatives at the fourth...

  The average price for the refilling of a five kilogram (5kg) cylinder for Liquefied Petroleum Gas otherwise known as Cooking Gas increased to N2,627.94 in October from N2,397.60 in September and N1,953.71 in October 2020. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said this in its “Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking...

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), led by its Chairman, Mr. Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud, OON, SAN, and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Temi Popoola, CFA, is on course to further champion the reawakening of the capital market from the effect of the pandemic. To achieve this, NGX, alongside its sponsors BUA Group, Central...

  Bearish sentiments resurfaced on the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Wednesday with key indices dropping by 0.22 per cent on profit taking in some blue chips.Specifically, the market capitalisation which opened at N22.672 trillion shed N50 billion or 0.22 per cent to close at N22.622 trillion. Similarly, the All-Share Index...

  The Senate has queried the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for spending N6 billion out of its N9 billion revenue on salaries and other emoluments. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Capital Market, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun (APC-Ogun) gave the query when the commission’s Director-General Yuguda Lamido appeared before the committee...

 Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, has commended Dr Bibiana Okoli, the first female visually-impaired to bag a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the institution’s Department of Special Education. Adebowale, who gave the commendation in his address at the 73rd Founder’s Day and convocation ceremony of the...

  The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to establish the Real Estate Regulatory Council of Nigeria.   The Council when established would, amongst others, curb fraudulent practices to ensure that the real estate business confirms with the National Building Code in Nigeria.   The bill which scaled third reading...

Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has approved payment of bursary to indigent students in the state’s tertiary institutions. The state’s deputy governor, Mr Benedict Alabi, said this at an award presentation and endorsement of Oyetola’s second term candidature by the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) on Wednesday in...