archiveJune 9, 2023

Polaris Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members of its executive leadership team. Chinwe Iloghalu joins the Bank as Executive Director, Lagos and Corporate Banking and Martins Izuogbe joins the Bank as Executive Director, Service and Technology. These appointments are an important landmark in the delivery...

The National University Commission (NUC) has given provisional licences to 37 newly established private universities approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on May 15. The Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, at the presentation of the provisional licences to the universities, said the number of private universities now...

  President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting with Rabiu Kwankwaso, the former governor of Kano state, at the presidential villa in Abuja. Kwankwaso was the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the last general election. The NNPP standard bearer arrived at the presidential villa around 5:30pm...

KPMG Nigeria said the economic projection of President Bola Tinubu to increase Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate by 6 per cent is not feasible. This was disclosed on Friday in KPMG Flashnotes – Issue 8, which defended its statement by noting that Nigeria’s real GDP grew by about...

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has arrested at least 20 school officials for allegedly aiding and abetting examination malpractice in the ongoing 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Head of the National Office of the Council, Patrick Areghan, disclosed this in Lagos. Areghan said the culprits were...

  The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has called for exercise of authority as well as control over mining and usage of data to increase value of data and minimise data related costs and risks. The Executive Vice-Chairman (EVC) of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made the call in his keynote address...

The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have asked the National Industrial Court, Abuja, to set aside its interim order that barred the unions from embarking on their planned strike in protest of the fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government. The organised labour in a...

The National Population Commission (NPC) on Friday, clarified that the criticisms over the postponement of the 2023 Population and Housing Census, which was widely believed to be due to insufficient funds, was misinterpreted. The Commission explained that contrary to such insinuations, the NPC postponed the census exercise to save Nigeria...

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) is set to host capital market stakeholders to African Exchanges Linkage Project (AELP) webinar tagged “Exchange Linkage Project – facilitating Trades across borders. The Webinar, which will hold on Wednesday, 14 June 2023, is designed to provide market operators, investors and other stakeholders with an overview...

  On Friday, the presidential election petitions tribunal cautioned Akin Olujimi, President Bola Tinubu’s lawyer, against persistent unsubstantial objections. Mr Olujimi opposed presenting an INEC-issued appointment letter to a presiding officer who participated in the February 25 presidential election without immediately stating his reasons for the objection, telling the court...