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ABC Transport Plc, one of the foremost land transport companies in the country, has returned to profitability after recording profit before tax of N105.31 million in 2017, as against a loss before tax of N258.11 million in 2016. In like manner, its profit after … Read more via BusinessDay ...

Nigerian drug makers are pushing on with investments and expansion but key challenges remain unresolved in the industry. Even the acquisition of the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s prequalification has not helped some of them as expected, as exchange rate exposure and policy issues dog …...

In what shows that Nigeria’s tax landscape is changing, if not rapidly, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has directed banks to freeze the accounts of defaulting taxpayers to prevent them from drawing funds, and lately the FIRS appointed agent banks for collection of … Read more via...

Sometime in March, it emerged that for two months, the president did not know that the Inspector General of Police disobeyed his direct orders for him to relocate to Benue state to stop the killings by herdsmen in the state. The IGP stayed only … Read more via BusinessDay : News you can...

Nigeria’s leading development finance institution, the Bank of Industry (BoI), is on the threshold of becoming a real game changer and growth catalyst for micro, small and medium enterprises, MSME, across the country. On August 8 in Aba, BoI unveiled its new innovative product, … Read more...

Journalism, the Fourth Estate of the Realm and the society’s watchdog, is a profession that has paid its dues in nation building and that continues to play the inevitable surveillance function so that the country for which generations of men and women have laboured … Read more via BusinessDay...

As the time frame for the collection of nomination forms for aspirants and candidates of political parties ahead of their primaries elapsed on Friday, August 24, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) appear to be uncertain … Read...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that Lagos state is so far leading in Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise, which the commission said the number of newly registered voters had hit 13,013,989 nationwide as at August 20, 2018. The INEC consolidated CVR...

Less than six months to the 2019 general election, Nigeria stands the risk of breaching the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Protocol, if President Muhammadu Buhari signs the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill into law. This is because the Protocol stipulates that no … Read...

Haruna Garba is a former ambassador, senator and career civil servant. In this interview with some select journalists, Garba spoke of his desire to make Gombe a better place when he becomes governor of the state, and that he would implement two remaining agenda … Read more via BusinessDay ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State at the weekend warned ward chairmen of the party along with their local executive committees, against rejecting prospective members as the party braces up for membership registration and revalidation. Chairman of the party, Ishola...

The new Ghana airport terminal, aviation infrastructures and deliberate policies implemented to drive the sector is pointing the way for Nigeria, which has the population and geographical location to become the regional aviation hub. The new third passenger terminal which will be launched next...

At the Lagos Bourse, investors who took positions in some insurance companies, particularly the penny stocks have seen the value of their shares deplete remarkably this year, recording value loss in excess of 40percent year-to-date (ytd). The price list of stocks listed on the … Read more...

President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the N40 billion set apart by the Federal government under the Anchor Borrowers Program being managed by the Central Bank of Nigeria is specifically geared towards helping rice farmer across the country raise production The President stated this …...

Veteran artiste, Righteousman is doing more of gospel music at the moment but just a few might know there was a time the artiste was more of a conscious music artiste. In a chat with Bliss recently, the musician however explained he was not really … via BusinessDay : News you can trust –...

Liverpool have turned down a whooping £2 billion bid from cousin of Manchester City owner Sheik Mansour, according to a report by the Daily Mail. There were several meetings over a six month period that ran into this year with Khaled Bin Zayed Al … read more via BusinessDay : News you can...

As the statistics on diabetes and amputations show increases in Nigerians, health experts are left scratching their heads on finding long term solutions to the problems. The situation is said to have worsened largely because of ignorance of both the affected individuals and persistent …...

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Daura broached the issue of his opting to trek some distance after observing Eid prayers at Kofar Arewa Eid Ground and the humbling hero’s welcome from the well-wishers that lined the street. This is just as he reiterated that … Read more via BusinessDay...

The nation’s currency on Friday traded strong after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday, August 23 and Friday, August 24, 2018, injected a total sum of $543.22 million and CNY 63.21 million into the inter-bank foreign exchange market. Naira gained N0.25k against … Read more via...

Chukwukeayem Okoro is an 11 year- old artiste who wants to take over the music industry with her music. Fondly called Kbaby, which is also her stage name, the young lady has said her love for music will not deter her from being a neurosurgeon, … via BusinessDay : News you can trust –...