• Governor Yahaya Applauds NAHCON For Introducing Hajj Savings Scheme

    Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has assured the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON and Jaiz Bank that his administration will continue to work in partnership with them in order to enable the low income earners from the state reap the benefits of the newly introduced Hajj Savings Scheme. ...

  • Nigeria: Oginni - Mutual Funds Industry Has Bright Prospects

    [This Day] Some of the advantages of Mutual Funds are risk mitigation, professional management and low entry level. But many investors are not aware of these. Managing Director/CEO, United Capital Asset Management Limited, Odiri Oginni, spoke on the mutual funds industry, the economy and company's performance among others. Excerpts:

  • Declaração pré-preenchida do IR pode estar disponível amanhã

     A Receita Federal informou hoje (23) que a ferramenta da declaração pré-preenchida do Imposto de Renda (IR) pode estar disponível nesta quarta-feira (24), em projeto-piloto. O auditor fiscal da Receita, José Carlos da Fonseca, explicou que faltam apenas algumas liberações técnicas para compatibilizar as versões de acesso e preenchimento da ...

  • Post Covid-19: Nigeria Targets Economic Growth – Osinbajo

    By Jonathan Nda- Isaiah | Nigeria’s priorities in a post-COVID-19 world include restoring economic growth in the immediate term, building resilience in the health sector, and repositioning the economy on a sustainable footing in the medium term while saving jobs and building domestic capacity and local production in critical areas. ...

  • Nigeria Losing Billions Daily To Foreign Miners – Senate

    BY EMAMEH GABRIEL | The Senate yesterday disclosed that the country needs N5 billion as start-up capital for the establishment of the National Mineral Development Commission (NMDC). This is even as it disclosed that the country loses billions of dollars daily to foreign miners. This followed the approval of the ...

  • FG, Switzerland Partner On Deepening Existing Bilateral Relations

    By Blessing Bature-Akpakpan, The Migration partnership between Nigeria and Switzerland is an ideal example of how bilateral relations can be used to address common challenges in a positive and dynamic way as the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has partnered the Switzerland to deepen the ...

  • Again, Zenith Emerges Best Bank In Nigeria

    BY  OLUSHOLA BELLO | Zenith Bank Plc has been named as the Best Bank in Nigeria for the second successive year in the Global Finance Magazine’s Best Banks Awards 2021. The bank was among other banks from 35 countries in Africa recognised as the prestigious US magazine, Global Finance announced ...

  • Câmara aprova PL que permite contratações em universidades federais e hospitais universitários

    Projeto permite a realização de concursos públicos e as contratações em hospitais universitários da Empresa Brasileira de Serviços Hospitalares e em 6 universidades federais; texto vai para sanção presidencial A Câmara dos Deputados concluiu nesta terça-feira (23) a aprovação do projeto de lei que permite a contratação ...

  • Why PWDs Not Fully Included In Electoral Process – INEC

    By Bidon Mibzar, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has said that lack of dis-aggregated data of People Living with Disabilities (PWDs) in the country, was responsible for the Commission’s inability to fully capture them in all electoral processes. The National Commissioner and Chairman Outreach and Partnership Committee (OPC), INEC, ...

  • Nigeria Losses $18b Yearly To Money Laundering, Others – CISLAC

    By Ejike Ejike, Abuja The executive director, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) Auwal Rafsanjani said Nigeria losses around $18 billion abroad yearly to tax evasion, money laundering and stashing of illegal proceeds outside the country. Rafsanjani, who made the call at a news conference in Abuja, said that international financial intelligence ...

  • NCDMB, ITF Vocational Skills Programme Trains 255 Youths

    By Kingsley Alu, Abuja The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in partnership with the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) on Tuesday in Abuja graduated 255 participants of its vocational skills programme. Director-general of the ITF Sir Joseph Ari speaking at the graduation ceremony of the trainees explained that the six ...

  • Wike, Belgian Envoy Meet To Strengthen Ties Between Rivers, Belgium

    By Anayo Onukwugha, Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, NyesomEzenwo Wike, has discussed a number of business and investment interests with the new Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Daniel Bertrand. The meeting, which held behind closed door at Government House Port Harcourt, on Tuesday, gave a clear indication of mutual consent ...

  • Nigeria Has Over 40 Million SMEs- SON DG

    BY ANKELI EMMANUEL,Sokoto The Director General, Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) Malam Farouk Salim says that the country has over 40 Million Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) that needed to be encouraged should the drive for diversification is to be achieved Salim, during a courtesy visit to Sokoto State ...

  • Nigeria Agriculture Space In Times Of Existential Challenges

    By Arc  Kabir Ibrahim The effort of this administration in Agriculture has been quite commendable from inception and has attracted the intervention of the CBN and several stakeholders. The Food Security Council Presidential Fertiliser Initiative, the passing into law of the Seed Act, Soil Bill, PVP Bill and several others ...

  • NDLEA Discovers Large Marijuana Farm In Kano

    By ABDULLAHI YAKUBU, Kano State commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Malam Isah Limita Muhammad has said the command had discovered a large Marijuana farm in Gwarzo local government area of the state. The NDLEA commander made this known to journalists yesterday in Kano saying that, ‘’We ...

  • Presidency Reiterates Commitment To Diversify Economy Through Mining

    BY ABAH ADAH, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) has reiterated the commitment of his government to diversify Nigeria’s economy away from oil and gas through the mining and agriculture sectors, adding that they are viable options that must be focused on so as to have a secured economic environment.  The President, ...

  • How Nigeria Can Benefit From Technology Transfer – South Korean Envoy

    By INNOCENT ODOH, Abuja Ambassador Extraordinary Plenipotentiary of the Republic of South Korea to Nigeria, Kim Young- Chae has said that Nigeria can benefit from transfer of technology, if it invests in training and capacity of its citizens to learn from foreign companies in the country. The South Korean envoy ...

  • NDLEA To Use Immigration Database to Track Drug Peddlers – Marwa

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it would use database of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to track drug barons and traffickers anywhere in the world. A statement from the NDLEA quoted the  Chairman,  retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, as  giving the assurance during a courtesy visit ...

  • Confiança dos empresários do comércio cai 1,5%

    O Índice de Confiança dos Empresários do Comércio (Icec) recuou 1,5% na passagem de fevereiro para março deste ano, segundo dados divulgados hoje (22), no Rio de Janeiro, pela Confederação Nacional do Comércio de Bens, Serviços e Turismo (CNC). É a quarta queda consecutiva do indicador, que atingiu 103,6 pontos, ...

  • Sem vacinação em massa, confiança do comércio cai 1,5% em março, nota CNC

    "A dependência do varejo presencial ainda é grande, apesar dos avanços na digitalização. Esperamos que haja uma agilidade em relação à vacinação", aponta o presidente da entidade O Índice de Confiança do Empresário do Comércio (Icec), da Confederação Nacional do Comércio de Bens, Serviços e Turismo (CNC), ...

  • STF é pressionado a dar resposta ágil sobre Lei de Segurança Nacional

    Partidos e organizações dizem que a norma, da ditadura, cerceia a liberdade de expressão Em meio à escalada no uso da Lei de Segurança Nacional (LSN), o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) enfrenta uma pressão para que se posicione sobre a constitucionalidade do texto. Congressistas, partidos políticos e organizações ...