Though the Nigerian equity market ended on a positive note in the last three years, the impacts of fiscal and monetary policies on it have been of concern to stakeholders. OLUWAKEMI ABIMBOLA writes on market players’ demand for right policies The Nigerian capital market in 2022 closed on a positive note, thus bucking a trend […]

Ikeja Electric has introduced the Singleview 2.0 web application, an enhanced customer self-service package with consolidated account management features. In a statement, it said the web application would cater to different customer types, including prepaid, postpaid, maximum demand, non-maximum demand, and bilateral customers, aiming to elevate their experience. The Head of Business Innovation and Transformation, […]

Boat operators under the auspices of the Waterfront Boat Owners and Transporters Association have lauded President Bola Tinubu over the removal of fuel subsidy. Tinubu had in his inauguration speech on Monday in Abuja stated that his administration would not continue to pay subsidy on petrol. Reacting to this, the President of WABOTAN, Babatope Fajemirokun, […]

The Lagos State Government has celebrated a science student of Lanre Awolokun High School, Gbagada, Dejo Segbenu, for his performance in the just-concluded 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Lagos State Education District II, Maryland celebrated the school’s Assistant Head Boy who scored 352 out of a total of 400 marks ahead of other students […]

The naira continued to strengthen against the United States of American dollar at the parallel market as it closed N750 per dollar on Wednesday from N763 in the previous session. Naira had appreciated by N7 against the US dollar on Tuesday after opening at N770. However, the performance of the naira was largely bearish at […]

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has deployed officials to monitor traffic around filling stations across the state as queues worsen. In a press release signed by the agency’s Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment, Adebayo Taofiq, on Wednesday, LASTMA also cautioned motorists queuing up for fuel at different filling stations not to cause traffic […]

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, considered and adopted the report on a bill seeking to grant powers of enforcement to the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission. The legislation is titled, ‘A Bill for an Act to Repeal the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission Act, Cap. R7 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has declared as null and void the rustication of a student activist at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Ojo Aderemi, by the university authorities. Ojo, who was the Students’ Union President at that time in the university, was rusticated on April 10, 2019, but secured an order […]

Against all odds, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was sworn in as Nigeria’s 16th President on Monday. It is an event that should not surprise any realist conversant with the Nigerian situation. The 2023 presidential election came with many irregularities, without a doubt, but it also presented significant shifts in Nigeria’s electoral configuration. Two of such dislocations […]

Igbo youth groups, under the aegis of the Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, have declared June 5 for a two million march in Abuja to press home their resolution that the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Kalu, should emerge as the Senate President in the 10th National Assembly. According to the group, Kalu, who […]