The Ekiti State Governorship election according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC will hold on July 14, 2018, while that of Osun State is expected to hold on September 22, 2018.

A FEDERAL high court sitting in Lagos has overruled Financial Reporting Council, FRC,  Rule 2(c) that only qualified accountants can be a chairman of the audit committee of a Public Liability Company, Plc.

BARELY two years after it was  introduced  by the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, and Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, the implementation of the Direct Cash Settlement (DCS) initiative has been grounded by increasing apathy from stockbrokers and investors.

MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has assured Nigerians of a brighter 2018 as efforts are in top gear by the Federal Government to stem job losses, and create new ones.

AGAINST the backdrop of fuel scarcity in Edo State, the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, has disclosed that it has sealed 23 filling stations in the state for alleged sharp practices.

FOUNDER of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, and prominent traditional rulers in Ondo and Ekiti states have urged the Aare Ona Kankafo designate of Yoruba land, Dr Gani Adams to use his new office to further strengthen the unity and promote the culture  and tradition of Yorubaland.

FOLLOWING the recent directive of the National Pension Commission, PenCom, which limits access to such contribution after retirement, employees making voluntary contributions into their Retirement Savings Account (RSA) has stopped such contribution.

The controversy over  the recent board appointments into Federal Government parastatals increased at the weekend with chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC protesting the alleged marginalisation of core members of the party who championed the presidential campaigns of 2015.

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has broken his silence on the fuel crisis rocking the country, urging President Muhammadu Buhari to fix the problem, rather than engage in trading blames.

HRM Godspower Oporomo, the Taraeza I, Pere of Kerebiri-Mein Kingdom,  has again pleaded with Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to address the over two years power outage in his kingdom and the abandoned Bomadi Polytechnic project.

THERE are lots of sharp practices in the Nigerian capital market and it is time for regulators, especially the apex regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC to hold the bull by the horns by scrutinising annul reports of   public companies and other activities of operators.

THE Micro-finance Bank, MfB, sub-sector witnessed major leadership changes in some MfBs and in the National Association of Micro-finance Banks, NAMB, in  2017.

”Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.” I.F Stone, American journalist.

ASABA—Delta State  Police Commissioner, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, weekend, disclosed that the Command has arrested a deadly kidnap suspect in the state.

JALINGO—A member of Taraba State House of Assembly, representing Takum 1, Mr. Hosea Ibi, was, weekend, kidnapped by unknown gunmen in his house located opposite Ada Barrack in Takum.