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Despite the thin trading recorded on the equity market following sustained skeletal operations through the remote trading facility of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) arising from the nationwide strike declared by the labour leaders and coalition of c...
Nigeria may soon run into shortage of premium motor spirit (PMS) commonly known as petrol, as offloading and deployment of about 426,367 metric tonnes of the product already imported and consigned to Nigeria and awaiting b...
Aviation unions are re-strategising to ensure full compliance of labour directive in aviation. This is coming as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) announced that the airspace is open to flight operations despite the strik...
The Group Managing Director/CEO of BGL Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading independent investment banking institutions, Mr. Albert Okumagba, has reiterated that ongoing bank reforms would lead to a much stronger economy. Okumagba, who made the as...
Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State believes that federal government’s recent removal of the 25-year old fuel subsidy regime will benefit Nigeria in the long run. In this interview with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’s LOUIS ACHI, he marshals his reason...
In this interview with SHUAIB SHUAIB, Senator Hadi Sirika who, recently, through the Supreme Court got a certificate of return from INEC to claim his seat as a Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Senator from Katsina, carpets government for rem...
Mr. Collins Onuegbu, is Group Managing Director, Signal Alliance Limited, one of the leading ICT companies in the country. He is passionate about taking Nigeria into the digital age. In this interview, CHIMA AKWAJA looks into his humble beginnings. &n...
Despite the criticisms, nationwide debates and talk shows, the Federal Government went ahead and removed the controversial fuel subsidy Putting the country at crossroads. In this report GEORGE OKOJIE examines the implications of the subsidy remov...
The planned strike by organised labour is already reverberating across the financial markets as interbank lending rates dropped further last week while the naira closed weaker at the interank foreign exchange market on Friday, at 162.10 to the dollar, ...
Commercial banks in Lagos witnessed massive patronage as customers rushed to make withdrawal of cash in preparation for the planned nationwide strike by organised labour, the organised labour proposed like action is part of its activities to protest re...
As the issue of fuel subsidy removal threatens Nigeria’s economy in the new year, the maritime arm of the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has expressed concerns over Nigerian oil theft, as it peaked, war...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has said that it will invoke its special statutory powers under the AMCON Act to recover all its debts, including the accrued interests. In a statement made available to LEADERSHIP yesterday, AMCON wa...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has begun an audit of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) spectrum which was licenced in May 2002 and issued to indigenous companies to provide wireless internet and data services. The audit is to ascertain th...
As the country wakes up to the removal of fuel subsidy, indigenous airlines are still enjoying a boost in their operations due to increased passenger traffic following the holiday period. However, cost of car hire services have increased more than 200 ...
As Nigerians celebrate another yuletide free of fuel queues, JULIET ALOHAN examines strategic efforts by the NNPC at ensuring hitch-free movement across the country by quashing moves by oil marketers to induce artificial product scarcity. Long q...