FG ORDERS PROBE OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY INVASION
The Federal Government has expressed shock at the invasion of the National Assembly and the subsequent snatching of the Senate mace by thugs on Wednesday In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday,...
View ArticleNASS Gives DSS, Police 24 Hours To Recover Mace
The National Assembly has given the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and Director General of the Department of State Security, Lawal Daura, 24 hours to recover the Mace. The lawmakers gave...
View ArticleUPDATED: Osinbajo Meets With Ekweremadu Over Theft Of Mace
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, is currently in a meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. This meeting is holding a few hours after suspected hoodlums invaded the Senate House of...
View ArticleBuhari at Commonwealth Business Forum, speaks on trade, investment...
President Muhammadu Buhari has identified Trade and Investment Facilitation to generate resources for sustainable development; Ease of Doing Business and Regional Integration that expands markets with...
View ArticleCBN injects another $210m into Forex market
In continuation of its intervention in the inter-bank sector of the Foreign Exchange market, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has intervened with another sum of $210 million in the forex market to...
View ArticleUnion Bank reports Judge to NJC, EFCC, DSS, accuses Justice Buba of...
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc has dragged a judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Buba, before the National Judicial Council (NJC), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) and the...
View ArticleSenate: Omo-Agege’s action, act of treason
RESPONSE TO TODAY’S INCIDENT IN THE SENATE CHAMBER Today, some hoodlums led by suspended Senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, walked into the Senate plenary and seized the symbol of authority of the Upper...
View ArticleFBN General Insurance grosses N3.51bn premium in 2017
BY NKECHI NAECHE —-FBN General Insurance on Wednesday said its Profit Before Tax (PBT) rose 66percrnt at the close of the financial year ended December 2017. According to the firm PBT rose to N322...
View ArticleKIDNAPPING: EVANS ‘LL NOT ESCAPE JUSTICE, LAGOS ASSURES
…Resolves N1.352bn Debt Through Free Legal Services In One Year . The Lagos State Government on Wednesday assured that no effort would be spared in ensuring the logical conclusion of the cases filed in...
View ArticleEIB and African Development Bank to support private sector investment in...
The European Investment Bank and the African Development Bank have agreed to support the creation of the new Development Bank of Nigeria to strengthen lending for business and agriculture investment in...
View ArticlePhoto News: Ecobank Wins 3 Awards at 2018 Asian Banker Awards
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) and its two affiliate countries – Nigeria and Ghana- have emerged winners in three strategic categories of The Asian Banker – West Africa Awards 2018.
View ArticleFBNInsurance donates dialysis machine to Gbagada General Hospital
L-R: Chairperson, FBNInsurance, Adenrele Kehinde, commissioning the dialysis machine the company donated to Gbagada General Hospital as Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Val Ojumah and Member,...
View ArticlePHOTO NEWS: NIGERIA’S MEETING WITH FITCH RATINGS AGENCY IN WASHINGTON D.C.
Representative of the Minister of Finance and Director-General of Debt Management Office, Patience Oniha; Managing Director of Fitch Ratings Agency, Edward Parker and Fitch Ratings Senior Director and...
View ArticleStronger Tax Revenue Mobilization Key To Addressing Debt Vulnerability-Says...
BY NKECHI NAECHE (WASHINGTON DC)—-The World bank on Friday said that issue of debt vulnerability in Sub- Saharan Africa can be address with a stronger tax revenue mobilization. Abebe Aemro Selassie...
View ArticleN10bn payment to local contractors provided for in 2017 Budget – AGF
The attention of the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Ahmed Idris, has been drawn to some misleading and false publications by the Premium Times and Saharareporters which alleged...
View ArticlePhoto News: Meeting between Nigeria and Officials of the British Firm
Left to Right: Minister for Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun (left) receiving the Chief Executive, Crown Agents, Fergus Drake; Events and Meetings Consultant, Jacqueline Romoff and Partnership Manager,...
View ArticleIllegal Polling Units: PDP Accuses INEC, APC of Fresh Plot to Rig 2019 Election
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns the fresh plot by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to secretly create 30,000 illegal polling units in compromised areas in favour of...
View ArticleN10bn Contractors’ Payment: Premium Times on a Smear Campaign – Adeosun
The attention of the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has been drawn to a smear campaign by an online medium, Premium Times, of “illegally sharing of N10 billion from the national...
View ArticlePresidency condemned report, describing it as a deliberate mischief by...
The Presidency has dismissed report that President Muhammadu Buhari had taken all Nigerian youths to the cleaners. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity in a statement...
View ArticleBCG Name Dangote Group, Globacom, GTB, UBA among drivers of economic...
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has listed Dangote Group, Globacom and Guaranty Trust Bank among six Nigerian companies driving amalgamation of economic activities in Africa. BCG listed the companies in...
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