The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has elected Mr. Abimbola Ogunbanjo as the new president of National Council of the Exchange. The decision was reached at the Exchange’s National Council meeting held yesterday immediately after its 56th Annual General Meeting (AGM)…
…Says Lagos Stands with APC’s Position on Devolution of Powers Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday unveiled the new 20-feet statue of the late sage and nationalist, Chief Obafemi Awolowo in Ikeja, saying that the State was in…
Women in Saudi Arabia are to be allowed to drive – ending a law which made the Gulf nation the only country in the world to forbid female drivers. On Twitter, the news was being celebrated widely. The change, which…
Adeola Ilori, National Coordinator of Electricity Consumer Protection Forum speaking with SaharaTV revealed the illegalities going on within the electricity sector of Nigeria after it was sold to ‘distribution companies.’ Mr. Ilori condemned estimation billing the distribution companies used in…
The acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has lamented non-compliance with regulations on money laundering and other related offences by some banks and financial institutions. Magu, who described money laundering as a threat to developing…
By Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe A new pricing agreement for HIV drugs could represent an “unprecedented” step toward making superior medications available faster and at a large scale in low- and middle-income countries. A generic, single-pill HIV treatment, which has been a preferred…
The expansion of Dukku water works project in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State capital has gulped N900 million. According to the Chairman, Due Process Office, Alhaji Muhammed Sirajo Garba, the project would provide adequate safe drinking water for Birnin Kebbi and…
The expanded PEBEC meeting will be attended by the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen In furtherance of the Buhari administration’s ease…
Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose will on Thursday, formally declare his intention to contest for the position of president of Nigeria in 2019 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The event is billed for the Golden Hall, Chelsea Hotel,…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), yesterday, boosted the FOREX market by offering a total of $195m in three segments of the market. A statement from the apex bank said “in the wholesale Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS), of the…
