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July 3, 2023 No Responses

SEC Holds Capital Market Awareness Programme For FRSC In Lagos, Benin, Port-Harcourt, Enugu, Osun

In a bid to ensure that more Nigerians are educated on the activities of the capital market and thereby developing the market and attracting more investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission is set to hold an awareness programme tagged “Investor...

July 1, 2023 No Responses

Naira Drops Further, Exchanges At N769.25 To Dollar

Again, the Naira on Friday dropped against the dollar, exchanging at N769.25 at the investors and exporters window. The Naira depreciated by 0.82 per cent compared with N763, which it exchanged for the dollar before the Eid-el-Kabir holiday that began...

July 1, 2023 No Responses

Iheanacho To Indigenous Shipowners: Maximize Opportunities In Oil, Gas Industry

It would be most beneficial for Nigerian shipowners operating in the sub-sector to concentrate on the tanker trade than operating liner services, the Chairman of Integrated Oil and Gas Company, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho, has said. Iheanacho said this in Lagos...

July 1, 2023 No Responses

ASUU Rejects NUC’s Curriculum

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected National Universities Commission’s (NUC) Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). In a statement on Friday, ASUU’s national president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the curric...

June 28, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Preaches Peace, Tolerance At Sallah

To commemorate Eid-el-Adha, President Bola Tinubu has appealed for tolerance and patience among Nigerians. In a message titled: ‘We must multiply out good deeds,’ Tinubu said“There is no greater sense of duty ever recorded in history outside the ennoblin...

June 23, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests 122 Suspected Illicit Drug Dealers

Between June 2022 and June 2023, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Enugu State Command, arrested 122 illicit drug dealers. The Acting State Commander, Mr Peter Ogar, said this while briefing Journalists as part of activities to ...

June 22, 2023 No Responses

NPA Resuscitates Comatose Apapa Water Works

The Mohammed Bello Koko-led Management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has resuscitated the 2.4 Million Gallons Per Day Apapa Water Works that has been moribund since 2012.Speaking during handover of the resuscitated facility in Apapa on Thursday 22nd Ju...

June 21, 2023 No Responses

NIMASA, NAVY Strengthen Collaboration For Seafarers Certification

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr.Bashir Jamoh, OFR, has restated the Agency’s commitment to issuing appropriate certification to qualified men of the Nigerian Navy who undergo requisite training at th...

June 8, 2023 No Responses

FIRS, LIRS, Seal MoU On Joint Tax Audit, Investigation

The Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) have issued a public notice on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by both agencies to establish a Joint FIRS and LIRS Audit and Investigation Team aimed...

June 7, 2023 No Responses

NGX RegCo, ISSB, FRC Harp On Sustainability Disclosures Reporting

NGX Regulation Limited, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), as well as the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of Nigeria, have all said they remain committed to championing the drive of sustainability and climatic disclosure repor...

June 3, 2023 No Responses

NLC: COMMUNIQUE AT THE END OF AN EMERGENCY NEC MEETING HELD ON FRIDAY, 2ND OF JUNE, 2023

On Monday, the 29th day of May, 2023 the President of the Federal Republic announced during his inaugural speech the withdrawal of Subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in Nigeria. Consequently, the price of the product which is central to transportation....

June 2, 2023 No Responses

David Isiavwe: Nigeria Needs More Investment In Infrastructure To Support Electronic Payment Systems

Cybersecurity expert, Dr. David Isiavwe says despite the gains of the cashless policy in Nigeria, implementation is challenged due to inadequate critical infrastructure to support electronic payment systems, particularly in rural areas. Dr. Isiavwe, who ...

June 1, 2023 No Responses

Tinubu Appoints Gbajabiamila Chief of Staff

The current Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has been appointed Chief of Staff to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. By this appointment, he has been effectively removed from the upcoming 10th National Assembly. Gbajabiamila, who secured a...

June 1, 2023 No Responses

NNPCL Confirms Petrol Pump Price Increase

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company NNPC Limited (NNPCL) has confirmed the increase in the pump price of premium motor spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol in its retail outlets across the country. The national oil firm, in a statement signed...