The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday in Abuja said that there was N90 billion unclaimed dividends at the end of September, 2015. The head, marketing development, SEC, Henry Adekunle made this known during a Sensitisation Road Show by…
On Tuesday, the Federal High Court in Lagos barred MTN Nigeria Communications Limited from moving any funds abroad it may have in Nigerian banks until the hearing of its suit challenging the N1.4 trillion fine imposed on it by the…
A Lagos lawyer, Mr Tope Alabi, has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to dismiss MTN Nigeria’s suit against the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC. He said that the N1.04trillion fine imposed on MTN was in order, adding that the…
THE Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) did an appraisal of the Nigerian economy in 2015 last week and concluded that private operators in many sectors recorded losses of over N1.5trn last year as a result of scarcity of…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has faulted the competence of the suit filed by MTN Nigeria Communications Limited challenging the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on it (MTN) for allegedly breaching NCC’s statutory and regulatory directives. MTN had sued NCC before…
Operators of fuel stations in Benin City, the Edo state capital were Tuesday compelled to dispense products to consumers at the approved pump price The exercise which was carried out by the Department of Petroleum Resources DPR, ensured that PMS…
No fewer than 100 journalists in Lagos and Rivers states have been trained on “Digital Reporting”, to widen their horizon and efficiency, by Skye Bank Plc as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme. The participants, drawn from the…
As Nigeria inches towards full deregulation of the oil sector, the National President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), FRANCIS JOHNSON, says its members are fully in support of the planned deregulation of the…
THE days ahead may just be harder than expected as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday, said crude oil prices may slump to as low as $20 per barrel in 2016. Following the release of the “IMF Executive Board Concludes…
Minister of Solid Minerals Kayode Fayemi yesterday said the mining sector’s N400 billion contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will soon go up. Nigeria has 44 mineral assets, including precious minerals, which, Fayemi said, could make the sector a…
