Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of some railway stations along the Lagos -Ibadan corridor and others on the Itakpe /Ajaokuta /Aladja-Warri after some deserving Nigerian citizens. The Minister of transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi who disclosed this through a statement released on twitter noted that the deserving citizens had contributed to the progress […]
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COVID-19: Nigeria extends phase two of eased lock-down
The Nigerian Government has extended the period of the phase two eased lock-down by one week. Secretary to the Government of Nigeria and Chairman, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha made this known during the daily joint Media briefing in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to him, the extension was approved by President Muhammadu […]
Governor Ganduje condoles with Kwara counterpart on father’s demise
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has condoled with his Kwara State counterpart, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq who recently lost his father and statesman, AbdulGaniyu Folorunsho Abdul-Razaq. Ganduje paid a condolence visit to the Kwara State Governor in company of Senator Barau Jibril, House of Representatives member, Kabir Abubakar and some of his cabinet members. “We are […]
Nigerian Military cannot be misguided by any group – Defence Headquarters
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters says the country’s Military is a force that is in consonance with all global best practices and cannot be misguided by any individual or group. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche said its attention had been drawn to a newspaper publication captioned “Nigeria Needs a Rawlings Now – NDP” by the […]
We are committed to capital market growth – Lawmaker
The House of Representatives Committee on Capital Markets and other Institutions has assured the Securities and Exchange Commission of its readiness to provide support by way of enabling laws to support the growth of the capital market. The Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Babangida Ibrahim, while speaking during a meeting with the new Management of […]
CAC maintains policy on e-delivery of certificates to customers
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), says it would continue its policy of delivering company registration certificates to customers electronically. The Registrar-General of the Commission, Alhaji Abubakar Garba, made this known during a news conference in Abuja, on Sunday. He said that the policy would create sanity in the process and adhere strictly to the Nigeria […]
Telecoms record 23,505 mobile porting activities in May
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has revealed that telecommunications service providers carried out 23,505 mobile number portability activities in the month of May. This information was given in a report on incoming and outgoing porting activities of Mobile Network Operators published on the NCC’s website. With the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) system launched on April […]
FMCQ holds Annual General Meeting
Africa’s first vertically integrated financial market infrastructure (FMI) group, FMDQ Holdings PLC, held its 8th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Friday, July 24, 2020. This follows the respective AGMs of its wholly owned subsidiaries – FMDQ Securities Exchange Limited (FMDQ Exchange or the Exchange), FMDQ Clear Limited (FMDQ Clear), and FMDQ Depository Limited (FMDQ Depository), […]
FIRS works out stamp duty palliatives for tenants
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it is working on a stamp duty palliative package for tenants in view of the current economic realities occasioned by COVID-19. Mr Abdullahi Ahmad, Director, Communications and Liaison Department of the service made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Ahmad said the the FIRS Executive […]
Federal Government opens 14 airports across Nigeria
The Federal Government has announced that it has opened 14 airports across Nigeria for full domestic operations. This was disclosed by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Saturday via his Twitter handle. The airports are Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja; Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano; Port Harcourt International […]