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June 25, 2018 No Responses

SEC Nigeria Assures Foreign Investors of Dynamic, Transparent Market

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Nigeria, has assured foreign investors of the safety of their investments in the Nigerian capital Market. In a chat with representatives of JP Morgan and Stanbic IBTC who visited the Commission in Abuja weekend,...

June 25, 2018 No Responses

NSC Recovers N88m, $23,000 For Shippers In Six Months

For the first six months of 2018, the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) recovered not less than N88 million, $23,000 illegal charges for Nigerian shippers. Speaking at a capacity building session for Journalists in Lagos, Deputy Director, Compliance an...

June 25, 2018 No Responses

NCAA: We Stand By Our Figures, Statistics

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has declared that it stands by the statistics and amount of money it published recently that it generated from the 5 per cent Ticket Sales Charge (TSC) and Cargo Sales Charge (CSC) in 2017....

June 25, 2018 No Responses

Lasun Congratulates Buhari, Oshiomole, APC New Executive

The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Lasun Yussuff, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari for displaying exemplary leadership quality and for sustaining a cordial relationship with the immediate past national executive of the All Progr...

June 24, 2018 No Responses

Obaseki Hails Oshiomhole’s Election As APC National Chairman

The Edo Sate Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has hailed the election of his predecessor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking after Oshiomhole was announced the elected National chairman of the APC ...

June 23, 2018 No Responses

Experts Seek Regional Approach As Cassava Mosaic Disease Threatens 55m Annual Production

The Global Cassava Partnerships for the 21st Century (GCP21) has called for urgent regional approach to halt the spread of cassava mosaic disease (CMD) that is threatening cassava production in Southeast Asia, a region that accounts for about 55 million...

June 23, 2018 No Responses

Investors Stake N4.85B On UBA, Zenith, FBN Holdings In Four Days

For the week ended June 22, 2018, trading in the shares of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Zenith International Bank Plc and FBN Holdings Plc accounted for 325.580 million shares worth N4.854billion in 3,381 deals, contributing 29.68% and 31.37%...

June 23, 2018 No Responses

GOCOP Backs New Media Code For Election Coverage

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has expressed optimism that the newly launched Nigerian Media Code of Election Coverage (Revised Edition 2018) will to a large extent guide operators and separate trained journalists from those who suddenly fo...

June 23, 2018 No Responses

Iceland Coach: Why We Lost To Nigeria

Heimir Hallgrimsson, the coach of Iceland, on Friday in Volgograd blamed fate for his team’s 0-2 loss to Nigeria in Group D of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. “My players performed in line with instructions all the same, the fact...

June 22, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Implores Journalists On Hate Speech, Fake News

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday declared open the 2018 International Press Institute World Congress with a call on journalists worldwide to address the menace of fake news and hate speech for the good of humanity. The President, who was speaking...

June 22, 2018 No Responses

‘Nigerian Banks Lose N12.30B To Fraud In Four Years’

The Nigerian Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), on Thursday said the banking industry lost the sum of N12.30 billion to various frauds between 2014 and 2017. Mr Adebisi Shonubi, Managing Director, NIBBS, disclosed this at the third Annual Banking Security S...

June 22, 2018 No Responses

Arik Air Joins NCAA Automation Platform

The revenue collection of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA has received a boost as Arik Air joins the automation platform of the agency. The platform is meant to deduct at source the 5 per cent Ticket and Cargo sales...

June 22, 2018 No Responses

Messi Under Pressure As Argentina Face Early Exit

Argentina’s Lionel Messi carries the hopes of 44 million people and it showed as he lined up before kick-off in their crucial World Cup match against Croatia on Thursday, with the captain rubbing his forehead with his eyes closed. The...

June 22, 2018 No Responses

Photo News

L-R: Micro Finance Department National Pensions Commission, PenCom, Mrs Obiageli Okosi, Senior Manager Market Development Department, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, Mrs Caroline Dokpesi, Representing Director General SEC, Mr. Francis Okafor and , ...