The National Collateral Registry, NCR, has attracted 16,236 financing statements of 20,684 movable assets valued at N392 billion on its platform as at August 24, 2017.

The Chief Missioner of Al-Wahabu Mosque, Ota, Ogun State, Sheikh Ibraheem Akinola  has described  the All Progressives Congress, APC, government in Lagos State under leadership of Governor Akinwumi Ambode as an “all inclusive and non-discriminatory government.”

NO less than 45 million Nigerians, approximately 20 per cent  of the population, are likely to suffer adverse mental health-related problems in their life time.

The Delta State government, recently, reawakened the hope of possible commencement of work on the hitherto abandoned Independent Power Plant, IPP, in Oghareki, Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state, as the committee charged with reviewing the project has officially commenced work.

UNDERGROUND gas pipelines and paucity of funds have slowed down the pace of re-construction works on the Wharf – Apapa road, Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has said.

THERE is tension in Nkpokiti Street of Enugu State capital, following the death of a caretaker, said to have drowned in a well at an  uncompleted building under his care.

An alleged scheme by serving and former governors in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to hijack the party ahead of the 2019 presidential elections was at, weekend, threatening to provoke another crisis in the party.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved the rehabilitation and upgrade of the 5,000 capacity Onikan Stadium, near Tafawa Balewa Square Lagos Island into a 21st  century sporting facility.

NDIC, insured deposits for individual customers in Microfinance Banks, MfBs, has reached N200, 000. Though this development provides significant security for depositors President, National Association of Microfinance Banks, NAMB, Mr. Rogers Nwoke, who disclosed this in an interview with Financial Vanguard, lamented that liquidity is not well distributed at all levels of the financial system in the country.

AKWA Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Muazu Zubairu, weekend, paraded suspected ring leader of a notorious kidnap gang.

Cross River State Government, weekend, paid N2.2 million for fresh toxicology over the death of Joy Odama, a 200 Level student of Mass Communication Department of Cross River State University of Technology, CRUTECH.

LAST week we presented a general outlook for stocks in the cement sector and concluded that on a basket perspective the stocks are worth investing in short to medium term even now that bullish sentiment still dominates the market.

BENJAMIN Mkapa, Tanzania’s former President, has warned Nigeria to resist pressure to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement, (EPA), with the European Union, because according to him, such contracts are counterproductive. Mkapa sounded this warning as guest speaker at the 45th Annual general Meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) on September 14, 2017 in […]

The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has said it was inclined to sustaining the NCC Tennis League Cup, which it sponsors.

Chairman of Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp), and Managing Director, AIICO Pensions, Mr. Eguarekhide Longe, in this interview talks on ongoing engagement with the National Assembly on the bill to amend the Pension Reform Act 2014 to exclude members of the Nigeria Police, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Customs Service, Nigeria Prison Service, Nigeria immigration Service and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from the CPS and other related matters. Excerpts