NATIONAL Christian Elders Forum, NCEF, has challenged governors to set up state police organizations in the fashion of the Hisbah Corps, established by Kano State government to enforce laws of the state in Sharia courts as a way of checkmating rising insecurity in the country.

FELLOW countrymen and women, people of my country, I have not come to criticize the wise decision of  President Muhammadu Buhari, to appoint only those he personally knows, as ministers. Tears trickled down my face, and I am sure from the faces of all patriots when at his maiden 2019 meeting with the leadership of […]

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, have smashed a syndicate that specialised in catch-in-the-air operation, using tricycle riders.

Managing Director, MD, Investment Banking at the United Capital Plc, Babatunde Obaniyi, in this interview speaks on fund raising from Nigerian capital market to finance infrastructure deficits, mergers and acquisitions to meet capital requirements of corporate entities, apathy for equities, need for diversification to fixed income instruments, power sector challenges, among other issues. Excerpts:

ABUJA—SENATE President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, will meet with the President of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and some other leaders of the association at the Senate President’s office today.

AS the race to the Creek Haven hots up, a chieftain of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State, Hon. Seikapatimi Ituamokumo has said that Mr Timi Alaibe deserved to succeed Governor Seriake Dickson.

Foreign investors have injected funds into 20 microfinance banks (MfBs)  in a bid to aid their compliance with    the new minimum capital requirement of the  Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

Justice and Equity Forum, JEF, has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to withdraw its case against former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr Mohammed Adoke, in the light of new revelations at the ongoing OPL 245/Malabu trials in Milan, Italy.

Elder Monday Udo-Tom is the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, of Bayelsa State. In an exclusive interview during the 2019 Post-election review held by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Lagos, Udo-Tom reaffirmed his commitment to ensure the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa is free, fair, and acceptable.

Over time, investors in the Nigerian capital market have been complaining about the cumbersome process of taking ownership of the investments of their deceased family members. However, the  Commission said it has made some progress in attempting to resolve the issues around transmission of shares related to the estate of deceased investors, adding that the process has commenced with the Lagos State Probate Registry.