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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday said it has commenced the implementation of the N500 billion non-oil exports stimulation loan. The CBN stated this in a circular titled ‘Circular to All Deposit Money Banks and Development Finance Institutions on the Commencement of the Non-Oil Exports Stimulation Facility (NESF). The …

West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released results of West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for private candidates in 2017-First Series, yesterday, in Lagos with 17.13 per cent pass in English Language and Mathematics. This is even as the results of 1,021 candidates, representing 9.03 per cent of the …

  The Federal Government has released about N43.92 billion (122 million dollars) to 300,000 rice farmers to increase Nigeria’s rice production by additional two million tonnes in 2018. Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development Aisha Al-Hassan stated this in New York at Nigeria’s side event during the ongoing 62nd …

  Parents of abducted Dapchi schoolgirls in Yobe, on Tuesday, lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for considering the option of negotiation against use of military force to rescue the girls. The parents, who spoke separately to Newsmen in Damaturu, said the option gave them hope for safe return of the girls. Alhaji …

 The Order of the Knights of Saint Mulumba Nigeria (KSM) has elected Diamond Ovueraye, as the Supreme Knight and head of the new supreme executive board to govern its affairs for the next four years. The group in a statement yesterday said the new supreme board comprising of twelve-member executives …

Babatunde Fowler The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has said the federal government is processing court documents that will allow it sell properties of companies which have been evading taxes. Speaking last Wednesday night on The Core, a Channels Television programme hosted by …

Senator Sabi Aliyu Abdullahi, APC, Niger North, is the chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs; vice chairman, Senate Services Committee, and member, Committees on Appropriations; Agriculture and Rural Development; Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy. In this interview, he spoke on what the Senate would do if President Muhammadu …

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun Several months after the forensic audit of Oando Plc was suspended owing to lawsuits and the alleged interference by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday disclosed that it has directed the accounting firm of Deloitte to proceed …

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to their owners will begin by middle of May. The Ebonyi INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof. Godswill Obioma disclosed at a strategic security interactive …