The introduction of NSE Lotus Islamic Index, NSE LII, by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) will increase the influx of both foreign and local investors, particularly those from the Middle East who are ethically minded into the capital market, the Chief Executive Officer, NSE, Mr. Oscar onyema, has said.

KNIGHTS and Ladies of St John International drawn from the United States, West Africa, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and the Caribbean Islands, have condemned the activities of the Islamic fundamentalist group, Boko Haram, in Nigeria.

LAST Thursday, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC organized a broadband forum with the theme, Demand as Catalyst for Broadband Services in Nigeria.

…Says govt has failed in the provision of amenities to Nigerians
A civil rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, Wednesday called on the Federal Government to acknowledge that its implementation of the budget in the past years has failed to satisfy Nigeria’s international obligations.

WHile Nigeria is preparing to transit to cashless economy initiated by the apex bank, the central bank of Nigeria, stakeholders in the Nigerian Information Communications Technology at the end of the just concluded cashless 2012 national conference by the Nigerian Computer Society, (NCS) were worried saying that except many challenges including legislation, lack of POS at priority locations, poor telecommunications infrastructure, lack of user awareness, interoperability of various platforms, diversified security threats from various sources, identity theft among others were resolved, the cashless policy may be derailed.