8 elite companies control nearly half of stock market with N11trn
Eight companies listed on the Premium Board of the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), otherwise known as elite issuers, account for 49.2 percent of the total equities market capitalization at the end of 2021.
Rex Suru to take over Freedom Park January 14 for concert, album launch
US-based Nigerian singer, Rex Olisuru Ogunniyi, simply known as Rex Suru has been in Nigeria since October of last year and has been taking his round the city of Lagos.
Eke senatorial district elders restate confidence in Gov Udom
Eke senatorial district elders Laud prof Eno Ibanga for repositioning works ministry Stakeholders of Eket senatorial district have passed a vote of Confidence on Governor Udom Emmanuel and have pledged their total support to enable him execute his completion and succession agenda in Akwa Ibom State. In a meeting convened by the Commissioner for Works […]
Ndubuisi Kanu: Family marks one year transition anniversary
It’s already a year since elder Statesman and Nationalist, Rear-Admiral Godwin Ndubuisi Kanu transitioned and family members still have fond memories of the time they spent together. In a statement to mark the anniversary, the family said there a plans in place to properly celebrate the anniversary later in the year as he was only interred […]
Seductive VAT data raises more questions than answers
By Azu Ishiewkene IN the last two Mondays, two newspapers – Daily Trust and Nigerian Tribune – have published data on the collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, in the first eight months of 2021. The reports have shed more heat than light. On Monday, November 22, Daily Trust published an exclusive story entitled: “Kano […]
Lack of skills is denying Nigerians access to 230m digital jobs — Learntor boss
The Founder of Learntor, a digital capacity building outfit, Mercy George Igbafe, has said the lack of needed skills is denying Nigerians, especially youths, access to more than 230 million jobs that are available globally in the digital industry.
How we roll in Nigeria
By Owei Lakemfa Daurans. That is, people from President Muhammadu Buhari’s home town of Daura in Katsina State, are a lucky people. Their son, on December 17, while marking his 79th birthday in Erdogan’s Turkey, announced that when he finishes with the Nigerian presidency in 2023, he would retire to the town and take charge […]
How IGOSAVE UNUSUAL broke it’s own record
Igosave Unusual comedy show has come and gone but not without recording tremendous success with the Ace rated comedians.
The story of the siege on Magodo
By Azu Ishiekwene This is a local story and it’s personal. I’m involved. And because I’m involved, I thought the best way to tell it is to hear it from persons who have a more intimate knowledge of the story; those who have lived in Magodo Shangisha GRA Scheme II, Lagos, for well over two […]
2023: Shouldn’t PDP reward fidelity?
By Ikechukwu Amaechi FINALLY, the political silly season is upon us. Every discerning Nigerian knew it would come sooner than later. We are all involved because in his book, “Politics, a Treatise on Government”, Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, posited that man is a “political animal” being a social creature with the power of speech and moral […]
Summit seeks debt relief for developing nations
…Urges sustenance of PSC on COVID-19 By Emmanuel Elebeke Arising from its recent meeting in Abuja, the National COVID-Summit has called on the Nigerian Government to galvanise other nations to call for debt relief for developing nations so that resources could be channeled towards building the national bio-security and improve access to Universal Health Coverage […]
