Ridding HIV/AIDS through special intervention
As federal government continues to give its words to the fight against the dreaded HIV/AIDS, EZEH FRED examines the success of the fight using interventions In January 2012 when the federal government...
View ArticleUrhobo groups endorse Jonathan, Okowa as choice candidates
The Urhobo Youth Awareness and Concerned Urhobos in North America have endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan as next president of Nigeria. In a statement made available to Nigerian Pilot, the groups...
View Article2015: Cleric endorses Jonathan, Wike
President Goodluck Jonathan has been endorsed by the Archbishop of El-Shaddai Ministries, Rt Rev. El-Kannah Hansen who said that the President’s transformation agenda should be executed to its logical...
View ArticleWorldwide PELS market finished flat in 2014 – IDC
The worldwide personal and entry-level storage PELS shipments remained flat year over year in 2014, finishing the year with 75.7 million units, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC)...
View ArticleCBN to licence more microfinance banks soon
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN on Monday said it would inject more certified microfinance bank operators into the industry. Deputy Director, Other Financial Institutions Supervisory Department, OFISD of...
View ArticleNIGCOMSAT privatisation aims at ensuring commercial viability – BPE
Plans by the Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE to privatise the Nigeria Communication Satellite Limited, NIGCOMSAT is borne out of the need to inject entrepreneurial spirit into the company and make it...
View ArticleBarclays Africa seeks investment banking license in Nigeria
BARCLAYS Africa Group Ltd’s corporate and investment banking unit is seeking an investment banking license in Nigeria, a report said on Monday. According to the report, Barclay Africa has approached...
View ArticleIn Niger, it’s hope, optimism amidst violence
In the build up to the general elections, Niger state has been witnessing series of violence to the extent that six youths were killed in one day on their way to PDP campaign. Amidst the heightened...
View ArticleFirstbank attains ISO22301 recertification on BCM
FIRST Bank of Nigeria Limited, a subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc has received the recertification by the international Business Continuity Management – ISO22301 (Societal Security: Business Continuity...
View ArticleNSE ASI appreciates by +0.52%
NIGERIAN Stock Exchange, NSE closed yesterday on a positive note, as NSE ASI appreciated by +0.52% to close at 27,728.63 basis points, compared with the -1.25% depreciation recorded previously. Its...
View ArticleCBN asks lenders for dollar levels to shore up Naira
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has asked commercial lenders to once again submit their dollar demand levels as the bank prepares to sell dollars to shore up the naira currency, dealers said on Monday....
View ArticleStanbic names 3 non-executive directors
STANBIC IBTC Holdings Plc on Monday said it has appointed Ngozi Edozie, Basil Omiyi and Ballama Manu as non-Executive Directors pending approval from all requisite regulatory authorities, the company...
View ArticlePVCs: Court joins PDP, APC as defendants
A Federal High Court, Abuja, yesterday joined the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as co-defendants in a suit instituted by a group, Society for Advancement and...
View ArticleNSE ASI gains 1.36% as Access Bank, UBA add weight
NIGERIAN Stock Exchange, NSE closed on a positive note on Monday as the All Share Index gained 1.36 per cent to close at 29,793.13 points from 29,383.93 on Friday. Similarly, the market capitalisation...
View ArticleGuinness appoints three new directors
GUINNESS Nigeria Plc has appointed Thomas Dogonyaro, Cephas Afebuameh and Ronald Charles Plumridge as directors of the company, the brewer said in an issuer’s announcement with the Nigerian Stock...
View ArticleBoI advocates increased contribution by industrial sector to GDP
Worried by the dwindling oil revenue in Nigeria, the Executive Director, Small and Medium Enterprises, SMEs, Bank of Industry, BoI, Mr. Waheed Olagunju, has advocated double digits contributions by the...
View Article‘CBN’s closure of forex window will save naira’
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has again been commended for its decision to close two of its foreign exchange windows, the Retail Dutch Auction System, RDAS and the Wholesale Dutch Auction System, WDAS...
View ArticleNaira depreciates to 200.60 against dollar
Naira shed 0.55 percent against dollar on Monday after some customers who failed to meet the cut-off time to submit dollar demand to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN sought the greenback from other...
View ArticleHelping physically challenged Nigerians
A lot of concerns are being raised about the high rate of number of Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria. NGOZI NWANKWO examines the plights of these persons and suggests how government, institutions...
View ArticleGirl-child marriage practices in modern societies
In this piece, HAMMED SALAWU, our Niger State Correspondent, critically examines the practices, effects and legal perspectives of girl child marriage in the contemporary societies around the world....
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