Some travellers at the Rigasa Railway Station in Kaduna, on Wednesday commended the Federal Government for…
Category: Economy
Researchers advocate 50% tax increase on tobacco to reduce mortality rate
Researchers from the Centre for the Study of the Economies of African (CSEA) say 23,838 deaths…
No going back on plan to borrow N895bn unclaimed dividend – FG
By Ade Jacobs The Minister of Finance and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has declared that…
CAC generates N19bn revenue in 2020, says Registrar-General
The Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, has said the organisation raked in more…
WhatsApp Controversial policy: Telegram gets 25m new users in 72hrs
Twenty million new users joined Telegram messenger in the last 72 hours alone, the messenger’s founder…
SMEDAN trains 100 teachers on entrepreneurship skills for students in Sokoto
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) in partnership with Sokoto State Government…
CAC begins implementation of CAMA 2020
…..introduces self-service portal The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), has commenced the implementation of the…
Position SON properly for AfCFTA implementation – MAN
The Kano branch of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called for the proper positioning…
Shareholders vow to drag FG to court over N895bn unclaimed dividends
By Ade Jacobs Shareholders of quoted companies in the country have vowed to drag the federal…
CBN slams commercial banks with N600bn CRR
By Ade Jacobs The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debited commercial banks in the country…
3 die as mob attack Customs checkpoint, operational base in Kwara
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara Command, has said that three persons died during a mob attack…
NSE charges claims review panel on fairness
By Ade Jacobs The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has charged the five man panel set up…
Nigerians to pay N50 as electronic money transfer levy
Following Appeals court’s prohibition of stamp duty on electronic bank transfer, the Nigerian government has introduced…
Fidelity Bank aims for Top 5 slot under new CEO
By Ade Jacobs The newly appointed Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc,…
MAN hails FG’s suspension of new electricity tariff hike
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) on Thursday described the directive by the Federal Government to…
NCC clears air on mass disconnection of telephone subscribers rumour
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has cleared the air on speculations of impending mass disconnection of…
Badagry seaport will make Nigeria Africa’s Maritime hub – NIMASA DG
By Ade Jacobs The Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir…
Yemisi Edun replaces Adam Nuru at FCMB
First City Monument Bank FCMB has named a new managing Director following stepping aside of embattled…
FG’s job programme inaugurated in Kaduna
The Federal Government’s Extended Special Public Works (ESPW), also known as the 774,000 jobs programme, has…
We will implement FG’s directive on travel ban – Immigration Boss
The Controller-General (CG), Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammed Babandede, has said the Service will implement…
Economic Sustainability Plan: Osinbajo briefs Buhari on progress so far
By Moses Okorie President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, January 5, took to his official Twitter handle,…
Paternity controversy: FCMB MD proceed on leave as bank probes allegation
Adam Nuru, managing director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), has gone on leave amid the…
ABCON tasks CBN on forex stability in 2021
The Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) on Tuesday urged the…
FCMB boss, Adam Nuru is filthy, says Fani-Kayode
By Ade Jacobs The controversy over the allegation that the Managing Director of the First City…
Borno governor signs N248bn as 2021 budget
The governor of Borno State, Babagana Zulum, on Monday signed a N248 billion spending plan as…
Cement Producers, FG agree price reduction for 300,000 Houses
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said cement manufacturers have agreed with the Federal Government to give…
SEC seeks SON partnership on commodities trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has requested greater collaboration with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria…
Mararaba, environs to experience power interruption – AEDC
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) says customers in parts of Mararaba in Nasarawa State and…
TUC decries country’s spiraling unemployment rate
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has decried the nation’s spiraling unemployment rate, citing the…