Archbishop of the Abuja Catholic Archdiocese, John Cardinal Onaiyekan has maintained that the notorious Boko Haram sect has religious undertone. He was responding to Governor Babangida Aliyu, who posited that the sect has nothing to do with Islam. Aliy...
The Nigeria Football Federation has saluted the Golden Eaglets for thrashing Ghana 6-1 in an opening African U-17 championship game in Morocco. The Eaglets showed class and poise against their Ghanaian counterparts with top striker Issac Success nettin...
Australia has toasted Adam Scott’s breakthrough triumph in the Masters, claiming it as an historic moment for the nation while Greg Norman said there were more to come. Scott, 32, beat Argentina’s Angel Cabrera at the second playoff hole to...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’s efforts at protecting bank customers are yielding immense result as the apex bank said it has recovered N8.6 billion from banks in the country for customers that were defrauded at the end of the first quarter o...
Trading activities on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday gained marginally as major blue-chip companies showed signs of bullish trend, causing market capitalisation and the All-Share Index to close in the green zone. The key...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has stressed the need for the establishment of an explicit investor protection scheme to protect the interest of small investors in the capital market and to boost public confidence among the investing p...
Economic growth in Nigeria, Rwanda and other Sub-Sahara African nations is likely to reach more than five per cent on average in 2013-2015 as a result of high commodity prices worldwide and strong consumer spending on the continent, ensuring that the r...
Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA), regulator of Nigeria’s internet space this morning crashed the cost of .ng, Nigeria’s premium domain names from N7.5 million to N15,000 only in order to increase the use of indigenous regist...
An Abuja High Court yesterday sacked leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Rivers State chapter headed by one Chief Godpower Umejuru Ake, a group believed to be loyalists of the incumbent governor, Rotimi Amaechi. The judgment, according to ...
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has called on other government organizations in the country to adopt the International Standards Organization, ISO 9001 standards. The Corps. Marshal of the FRSC, Osita Chidoka, made this call during the...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) in collaboration with Maximum Impact Solutions and Systems Limited (MISS) are holding a reading instructors certification training programme for the Nigerian universities. The five day training programme which...
Chief As Nigerian’s total debt hits $48.49 billion, more concerns are being raised over the rising level of the country’s debt, both home and abroad. Currently, Nigeria’s external debt stock stands at $6.52 billion or N1.016 trillion ...
With a steady liquidity boost, interbank rates stabilised below the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) of 12 per cent for active tenors in March while the monetary authority became more strategic in its liquidity management drive. According to the Financial Ma...
The widely acknowledged role of small and medium scale enterprises in fostering economic growth and development notwithstanding, the sector has continued to face several challenges. Some of the challenges they face are inadequate inf...
Nigeria spent a total of $6.42 billion on importation at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said. The CBN in its External Sector report of the fourth quarter of the year said the amount was spent on the importa...