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Lagos consumes N1billion worth of rice daily, says Ambode

Kazeem Ugbodaga As the world marked World Food Day, Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode disclosed that the state consumes N365…

Fuel scarcity: Gov. Udom advocates liberalisation of downstream sector

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has advocated the liberalisation of the petroleum downstream sector to regulate the cost paid…
Godwin Emefiele, CBN Governo

Nigeria overnight rate, bond yields fall on excess liquidity

Reuters Nigeria’s overnight lending rates and bond yields continued to fall on Friday as excess liquidity injected into the banking…

Financial industry, corporate Nigerians eulogise Onosode

Members of financial industry and corporate Nigeria on Friday described the late Dr Gamaliel Onosode as a great man of…

UBA MD sues online journalist over alleged false report

Paul Iyoghojie An online reporter, Desmond Ike Chima, 29, has been arraigned before a Lagos State magistrates’ court for allegedly…
Market Capitalisation

Market capitalisation improves by N46b

Activities at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) made an impressive record on Friday with the market capitalisation improving by N46…

FG suspends licence issuance for new vehicle assembly plants

The Federal Government has suspended issuance of licence to new vehicle assembly plants. Mr Aminu Jalal, the Director General of…
Court jails Lagos woman, Bose Lateef arrested by EFCC while hawking naira notes at Eko Club after she pleaded guilty to money racketeering.

Naira depreciates at parallel market

The Naira on Friday depreciated against the dollar at the parallel market. The Naira lost N0.5 in the afternoon as…

EU to participate in 2015 Lagos trade fair

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Friday said the European Union (EU) had indicated interest to participate…

FG assures of improved electricity supply

The Ministry of Power has said that it was working hard on its responsibility to improve electricity supply in the…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) boss Hameed Ali urges Nigerians not to engage in smuggling or patronising smugglers in Easter message

Ships’ manifests full of irregularites — Customs boss

Col. Hameed Ali (retd) Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has expressed concern that most of the manifests paraded by multinational…

FCT gets $170m from France to boost power supply

France says it has granted 170 million dollars aimed at increasing the power supply for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).…

Petrol: Marketers express worry over shut down of loading depots

Some marketers on Thursday expressed concern over the shutdown of all loading depots of the Pipelines Products Marketing Company (PPMC)…

CPC raids Multichoice HQ, carts away subscribers information

Officials of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) on Thursday afternoon raided the head office of premier pay-TV service provider, MultiChoice…
Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris

FG to adopt IPSAS accrual-based accounting

The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Ahmed Idris has said that Federal Government would adopt International Public Sector Accounting Standards…

Dangote advocates use of concrete roads for durability

Funsho Arogundade For Nigeria to achieve its long desired infrastructural development, it must embrace the use of concrete for road…

Nigeria raises N120bn in 2020, 2024 bonds at lower yields

Nigeria issued 120 billion naira ($600 million) worth of naira-denominated bonds maturing in 2020 and 2024 at an auction on…

LASIMRA set to check illegal installation of telecom facilities

The Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency (LASIMRA) has restated its commitment to the regulation of the communication infrastructure…

World Bank defends $75m loan to Edo

The World Bank on Wednesday defended the $75 million loan it granted to Edo State Government, saying it grants significant…

Skye Bank rewards more customers

Skye Bank has continued to reward more winners nationwide who emerged in its on-going ‘Reach for the Skye Millionaire’ savings…

Ex-banker docked for fraud

A former banker, Oyewusi Oyewumi, was on Wednesday charged with defrauding Stallion Microfinance Bank, Lagos, of N535,000 at a Surulere…

Nigeria loses N8.7bn using Incandescent bulbs — ECAN

Mr Goodluck Enyinnaya, Secretary, Board of Trustees, Electricity Consumers Association of Nigeria (ECAN), says Nigeria loses N8.7 billion yearly because…

Naira appreciates at parallel market

The naira on Wednesday firmed against the dollar at the parallel market. The naira gained N1 on Wednesday afternoon as…

Ambode seeks UK partnership to boost power supply in rural areas

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday played host to the British Minister of State for Foreign Commonwealth Affairs and…

Odu’a declares N150m dividend payment to shareholders

Odu’a Investment Company Limited on Wednesday declared N150 million dividend payment, representing 26.1kobo per share for each shareholder after such…

SERAP charges Buhari to probe Volkswagen over emission scandal

Kazeem Ugbodaga Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to…

Customs seizes 112 cartons of contaminated poultry products in Katsina

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized over 112 cartons of contaminated poultry products smuggled into the country through the…

Inflation up to 9.4%, above CBN ceiling

Nigeria’s consumer inflation was at 9.4 per cent year-on-year in September, up 0.1 percentage point from August and staying above…

Fuel scarcity looms in Rivers as NUPENG begins strike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The little respite being enjoyed by consumers of petroleum products in Rivers State since the Department of…
Nnamdi Okonkwo, former MD/CEO Fidelity Bank

Fidelity Bank to launch online marketplace for SMEs

In the coming weeks, Fidelity Bank Plc will launch the GreenMall, an online market place with fully integrated e-commerce capabilities…
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