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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) yesterday refuted claims made by the auditor-general of the federation, Samuel Orkura, that the corporation has not audited its account since inception, saying that the corporation has up-to-date audit...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, told a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice Donatus Okorowa that a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, standing trial on a 16...
The Akwa Ibom Police Command on Monday in Uyo presented N6 million cash rewards to the families of six police officers killed recently in gun battles with armed robbers. The families of the six deceased officers were given N1 million each in add...
Managing the exchange, inflation and interest rates are within the purview of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and are usually determined by the fiscal behaviour of government. In this piece, STANLEY ORONSAYE examines how government’s handling ...
Some operators in the Nigerian Stock Exchange have decried the effect of the recent increase in Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) on the stock market just as the equity market in response to the development had depreciated by N152 billion five days after the ...
Ahead of the January 1, 2012 commencement date, operators in the financial services sector said they expect the regulators to come up with appropriate guidelines for the adoption and implementation of the International Financial Reporting S...
The House of Representatives has raised alarm over the refusal of government revenue generating agencies to remit revenue generated to the Federation Account. Expressing concerns at a crucial meeting between the House of Representatives Committee...
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, President of the African Business Roundtable and Chairman of NEPAD is currently vying for the position of national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He was Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority and governor...
The arrest, detention and the subsequent arraignment of four former governors by the EFCC have attracted mixed feelings among Nigerians who are of the opinion that the anti-graft agency must prosecute the cases diligently so as to restore people’...
The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Most Rev. Felix Femi Ajakaye, has said that the name of a former Head of State, late General Sani Abacha, will always be remembered whenever the issue of the creation of Ekiti State is being discussed. Speaking at ...
In his contribution to the debate on the proposed removal of petroleum subsidy, the Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Najeem Salaam, has implored the Federal Government to shelve the proposed removal of petroleum subsidy but to fix the nation&rs...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) has said that there it will proceed on strike when its 21- day ultimatum given to the Federal Government to address various crises in the Polytechnic education expires this week. SSANIP Nat...
Palpable tension has enveloped different political camps in Katsina state, as both the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) wait anxiously for the verdict of the governorship election petitions tribunal. T...
Indigenes of Kebbi State under the auspices of Kebbi Awareness Forum (KAF) has called on the Kebbi State House of Assembly to probe an alleged mismanagement of the joint account operated by the state government and its 21 Local government a...
Bauchi State first female Professor of Micro-Biology, Prof. Fatima Jafar Tahir, has urged husbands to support their wives in furthering their education to enable them contribute immensely to the development of the society. Tahir, who made the app...