The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has taken over Skye Bank Plc. Although details of the development are still sketchy, PREMIUM TIMES learnt the financial sector regulator has already approved a change of name of […]
It was two days before Christmas 2001. My family and I had just moved to Wisconsin from Minnesota. A Caucasian American woman I worked with broke the news. “Did you hear that your country’s Attorney […]
“We ask, Mr President, are we still one country? Southern and Middle Belt leaders criticising the appointment of Yusuf Magaji Bichi as the Director-General of the Department of State Services.” –The PUNCH, September 13, 2018. […]
Since the report that HSBC, one of the world’s largest banking and financial services companies, took a dim view of the Buhari government’s economic policies, operatives and supporters of the government have been falling over […]
Kemi Adeosun was axed. She lost her job because she presented a fake NYSC certificate. She had worked with this certificate as Commissioner of Finance in Ogun State for four years and for three years […]
The much-talked-about Osun State governorship election is just a few hours around the corner. As usual, I find it very important to reach out to the people on the need to make it a worthwhile […]
EU member states lost almost 150 billion euros (177 billion dollars) in Value Added Tax revenues in 2016, with a third of that estimated to be due to fraud, the European Commission announced on Friday. […]
I had known Chief Olu Falae, former secretary to the government of the federation and minister of finance, only by reputation. When, on Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, he contested the presidential election […]
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has charged the National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to resolve all feud with the incumbent Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode to allow him run […]
Last Friday, September 14, 2018, marked another sad turn in the history of Nigerian politics. A second minister of finance resigned on that day. Her resignation was most likely in fulfillment of a private directive […]
Adebayo Shittu, minister of communications, reportedly failed to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. Premium Times is reporting that the minister skipped the compulsory programme despite graduating from the University of Ife […]
It’s not yet clear what finally did it or who. But it was clear, almost from the start, that the country could not bluff its way through this flight. Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi […]
The Federal Government has assured the organised Labour that the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage would conclude its negotiation before the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum. Chairman, Tripartite Committee on the new National […]
Another minister serving in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet has been found to have skipped the mandatory national youth service scheme, an offence that may see him lose his position and earn him jail term. The […]
Lagos’ total debt profile has risen to N1.04 trillion, report from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has revealed. According to the report on Nigerian Domestic and Foreign Debt in the second quarters, Lagos’ domestic […]
Presidents and governors naturally seek the maximum two terms allowed them by the Nigerian Constitution. While most in the Fourth Republic have succeeded, some like Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano, as well as Ayo Fayose and […]
More than 40 percent of extremely poor people in the world will be living in Nigeria and DR Congo by 2050, a report by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has revealed. In the 2018 goalkeepers […]
Just a few days ago, the global financial community woke up to the cheering news that the World Bank had launched the first bond instrument built on a blockchain with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. […]
A few days ago, a friend of mine, who is aspiring for an elective post in the country, raised an alarm that the cost of nomination and expression of interest forms in her political party […]
A last-minute effort by the wife of the Lagos State Governor, Bolanle Ambode, to save her husband’s job was said to have hit a brick wall on Tuesday. It was gathered that Bolanle, who followed […]
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