archiveAugust 2023

    The Nigerian capital market was euphoric at the close of trading on Tuesday as the market hit a 15-year high. The All-Share Index (ASI) of Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) rose by 0.51% to 66,490.34 points from 66,151.38 the previous day, surpassing the highest value of 66,371.20 recorded on...

    perpetrators will face the full wrath of law   The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has warned land grabbers, popularly known as Omo onile to desist from their nefarious activities or face the full consequences of their illegal actions. Responding to a series of petitions...

    The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has visited the acting Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, CG Adewale Adeniyi, in Abuja as part of preparations for its Annual General Conference.   The GOCOP team was led on the visit to the CG by its President, Maureen Chigbo,...

    says this “ground” is not running Just as President Bola Tinubu marked his three months in office, a right activist cleric has described the time he has spent so far as months of extreme hardship and untold suffering for the majority of Nigerians. Bishop Seun Adeoye who is...

Nigeria’s upper legislative chamber has pledged to make laws to reduce Nigeria’s huge rising debt burden. This decision follows concerns of overwhelming rising debt and insufficient revenue and its corresponding negative impact on Nigeria’s economy. The Senate further said it would come up with policies that would increase the revenue...

President Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government has disclosed a plan to compensate the indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, with N825.819 billion naira for them to allow the construction of a 4.2km second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. According to Channels Television report, the announcement was made...

Vice President Kashim Shettima has charged members of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy, Tax Reforms, to develop a robust roadmap that will transform the economy of the country. A statement issued by Olusola Abiola, Director of Information, at the Vice President Office, said Shettima gave the charge on Monday,...

A former Statistician-General of Federation/Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Dr. Yemi Kale, has criticised the methodology used in calculating Nigeria’s unemployment rate from 20 hours to one hour per week. This comes barely a week after the NBS released a new data that put employment...

The Federal Government is seeking top researchers of Nigerian descent from all over the world to join in co-creating a National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy. The Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, made this known in a statement on Monday and also asked Nigerians to help...

Some civil servants working in Abuja, have appealed to the Federal Government to take immediate actions to ameliorate their sufferings, saying that life has not been easy since the removal of fuel subsidy. Those who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria said costs of living has become unbearable for...