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July 20, 2016 No Responses

Le Guen rejects Super Eagles job

Barely 24 hours after Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) appointed Paul Le Guen as the technical adviser for Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Le Guen has turned down the offer. NFF had on Monday announced Le Guen as the new technical adviser...

July 19, 2016 No Responses

Anxiety as inflation hits 16.5 per cent

By Moses Ebosele – Economic challenges confronting Nigeria assumes more disturbing dimensions as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased to its highest point of 16.5 per cent since 2005. The report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS...

July 19, 2016 No Responses

ENL Consortium disowns Protesters

By Moses Ebosele – ENL Consortium, operator of Terminals C and D of the Lagos Port Complex, Apapa has disowned dockworkers who staged a protest at the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Headquarters in Marina, Lagos on Monday, July 18, 2016....

July 19, 2016 No Responses

New NPA boss harps on improved revenue generation

By Moses Ebosele – The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) will strive for enhanced operating efficiencies to facilitate improved revenue generation and inflows into the national treasury, newly appointed Managing Director, Hadiza Bala-Usman has said. ...

July 19, 2016 No Responses

Presidency pledges full complince with fiscal responsibility act

The Federal Government has reiterated its resolve to fully comply with the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act and other extant laws as they relate to the submission of budget proposals to the National Assembly. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu.....

July 19, 2016 No Responses

Nigeria appoints Le Guen as new technical adviser for Super Eagles

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has named Frenchman Paul Le Guen, 52, as the new Technical Adviser of the senior national team, the Super Eagles. He will be assisted by Nigerian Salisu Yusuf, who takes the role of Chief Coach....

July 19, 2016 No Responses

German police kill Afghan teen who slashed passengers on train

A teenage Afghan migrant armed with an ax and a knife attacked passengers aboard a regional train in southern Germany on Monday night, injuring four people before he was shot and killed by police as he fled, authorities said. Wuerzburg police said...

July 18, 2016 No Responses

Investors stake N3.8b on three banks in one week

By Moses Ebosele – For the week ended July 15, 2016, transactions in FBN Holdings Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc and Access Bank Plc accounted for 353.999 million shares worth N3.867 billion in 4,188 deals. At the end of...

July 18, 2016 No Responses

NCC remits N70b into federation account

Between December 2015 and March 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), remitted N70 billion into the federation account. The amount according to a statement issued by the commission is in addition to the N30 billion paid by MTN Nigeria Communica...

July 18, 2016 No Responses

New NPA MD resumes today

By Moses Ebosele The newly appointed Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman is to formerly resume today, July 18th, 2016. City BusinessNews gathered yesterday that the immediate past Managing Director, Habib Abdullahi is...

July 18, 2016 No Responses

Aisha Buhari, Osinbajo, Awolowo, Elumelu, seek support for women entrepreneur

Leading African businessman and philanthropist, Tony O. Elumelu CON joined recently joined the First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Chief Executive Officer, Segun A...

July 18, 2016 No Responses

Skye Bank shares maintains slidding profile

By Moses Ebosele The shares of Skye Bank Plc has continued its free fall on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). At the end of trading for the week ended Friday July 15, 2016, the Bank shares...

July 18, 2016 No Responses

SEC boss pledges to raise market participation

AS part of measures to deepen Nigerian capital market, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has expressed its determination to raise the participation of retail investors. Speaking during a visit to the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in ...

July 18, 2016 No Responses

‘How to curtail premature death through investment in Energy’

By Moses Ebosele Sustained investment in Energy could curtail premature deaths associated with air pollution by half in 2040. According to a report put together by International Energy Agency (IEA),each year an estimated 6.5 million deaths are linked ...