MasterCard index has ranked Nigeria as the most optimistic market in Africa. The current results of its worldwide index of consumer confidence survey for the first half of this year made available to LEADERSHIP in Lagos, revealed that the Nigerian cons...
A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, has told accountants to tackle the endemic corruption in Nigeria. Falana made the call at the investiture of the 10th President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) in Lagos on Saturday. Accord...
Officials of ESER West Africa Ltd., the Turkish firm that won the contract for the rehabilitation of the over 300 kilometers rail tracks within the south east and south- south geo political zones of the country have arrived Enugu. The Eastern Railways ...
The central objective of supervisors and regulators is to boost confidence in the financial system and to use all available tools to ensure that financial institutions are not controlled by criminals or being misused for criminal purposes, the National...
Niger Insurance Plc, one of the leading insurance companies listed on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange has said that with the expected injection of fresh funds into its operations, the company was poised to refocus and rebuild its investment po...
Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc has posted a 55 per cent growth in gross premium during the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. The operating results for the second quarter which was released on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange last week showed a...
Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), has floated a micro-credit scheme for the empowerment of women and youths in his constituency. Ndoma-Egba who represents the Central Senatorial District of Cross River, disclosed this in an interview with the New...
Two sisters on Saturday, died in a flood following a heavy downpour in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported.The sisters, Joy, three and Ifeoma, five, both children of Mr and Mrs Raymond Nwakuma, died...
Former President, Shehu Shagari has stressed the need for Nigeria to remain united irrespective of the religious, ethnic and political differences of the people. The second republic president stated this on Saturday when he hosted the Sokoto state gove...
The United States Embassy in Nigeria is to offer free medical services to communities in Gboko local government area of Benue state.The leader of the team, Mr. Arevalo Reuben while on a working visit to the state disclosed that a group of programme coo...
A United States-based researcher, Dr (Mrs) Aladi Kingsley has hailed the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benue State for its recent ruling on the alleged certificate forgery made against the Governor Gabriel Suwam by the opposition p...
Niger Staten Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has ordered the management of the State Polytechnic, Zungeru to sack all unqualified lecturers of the polytechnic in line with the teaching standard set by the profession. Aliyu, in an interactive sess...
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has urged the House of Representatives to enact necessary legislations to facilitate the creation of mortgages in Nigeria and consequently increase the rate of housing delivery in the country. Managing Direct...
Acting on the alleged rot and monumental fraud going in the petroleum and gas sector, the leadership of the House of Representatives has moved to set up an ad hoc committee that would investigate the sector with a view to correcting the problems bedevi...
The Chairman, Chanchangi Airlines Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Ahmadu Chanchangi has denied sponsoring the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. A magazine publication had mentioned him among one of the men behind the Boko Haram terror group. Chanchangi stated this whi...