…Despite the judgement, govs can still control LG funds – Expert Stakeholders and analysts are already canvassing measures to ensure effective implementation of the recent Supreme Court ruling and accountability …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Sector-wide Coordinating Office-Programme Management Unit (SCO-PMU) domiciled in the Office of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare. The …
Transnational Corporation Plc (Transcorp Group), Nigeria’s leading listed conglomerate, reported its Half-Year (H1) 2024 unaudited results, showing impressive year-on-year growth, for the period ended June 30, 2024. In its half …
The Attorney – General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi ( SAN) and major stakeholders in the Insurance sector on Friday , supported the move by …
According to Thomas Sowell’s insightful assertion, ‘the real minimum wage is zero’. Can we get the message clearly and decipher its highly philosophical intent and value? A conflicting relationship has …
The House of Representatives North West Caucus has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over his assent to the North West Development Commission (NWDC) establishment bill, saying the action had justified …
Dangote Cement Plc. recorded a 9.99 per cent decline on the floor of Nigerian Exchange (NGX) on Friday, resulting in a N1.11 trillion loss in the market capitalisation. The negative …
The director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Emomotimi Agama, has said embracing a green economy would “bring numerous benefits, including economic diversification, job creation, and improved public health …
Mr. Tunji Bello on Thursday officially assumed duties as the Executive Vice Chairman/ Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). A statement issued by the …
A N100 million suit has been slammed against the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and two others by a manufacturing company over alleged registration of identical companies resulting in its loss …
The Nigerian Democracy Working Group has raised an alarm over plans to sabotage the Dangote Refinery. The CSOs warned that if such a plan is allowed to be perfected it …
Nigeria is set to implement something unprecedented: a 70 percent Tax or Levy on a ‘windfall’ profit that accrued to commercial banks following last year’s significant devaluation of the Naira—a …
An entrepreneur from Yobe state, Suleiman Mohammed Jinjiri, has published a book titled “Building Life Through Small Scale Business”. A graduate of the university of Maiduguri, Sulaiman Mohammed Jinjiri, is …
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has announced various job vacancies for Nigerians to fill in. The oil company is looking to recruit intelligent young graduates with no experience, …
As Nigeria battles, unarguably, its worst financial crisis since independence, it is only apposite that the most pragmatic way to pull the country’s chestnuts out of the raging economic inferno …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been called upon to set up an independent judicial panel of enquiry to probe the allegations of high level corruption in the Nigerian National Petroleum …
The Nigeria Universal Health Coverage (UHC) forum Thursday commended the Lagos state government on the executive order recently signed by the state governor, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, which makes it mandatory …
The Lagos state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, met with selected cast of over 200 investors from around the world at the Pre-Summit Investors’ Roundtable in anticipation of the third Africa Social …
The Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde, is to embark on his annual leave between August 5 and September 6, this year. The Speaker of Oyo state House of Assembly, Hon. …
The Minister of Youth Development, Dr. Jamila Bio Ibrahim, has said the portal for the Restructured Youth Investment Fund of N110 billion will be accessible in the coming days. The …
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun has said that the federal government has recorded significant strides in its fiscal management, with a dramatic decline …
Trading activities on the floor of Nigerian Exchange on Thursday closed southward, declining by N118 billion as the bears continue to dominate the market. Market capitalisation of listed equities declined …
Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has called for investigation into allegations of importing and foisting ‘dirty’ fuels on Nigerians. HOMEF made the call in reaction to the feud betweenthe …
Moody’s Investors Service has issued a warning that the federal government’s proposed one-off 50 per cent tax on banks’ foreign-currency revaluation gains may negatively impact the credit ratings of banks, …
The House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, Thursday, expressed displeasure with the snobbish attitude of the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede. The committee …
Airtel Africa reported profit after tax of $31 million for the financial period ended June 30, 2024. The company result submitted at the Nigerian Exchange showed that amount represents an …
Nigeria’s leading commercial banks have reported substantial foreign-currency revaluation gains, totaling an estimated N3.37 trillion for 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, according to their financial statements for the …
The Federal Government has announced plans to issue $500 million in domestic foreign currency-denominated bonds in August. Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, made …
The wild jubilation that greeted the Supreme Court judgment of July 11, 2024, in the suit filed by Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, to …
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said Thursday that the nation’s economy is on a gradual but steady path of recovery, and assured citizens that his administration would do more to meet …