Woman Rising, the annual celebration of women through Music, Arts and Networking returns on April 8 and 9, 2017 in a two-day extravaganza in its usual extension of the annual celebration of International Women’s Day. Now in its seventh year, WOMAN RISING has evolved from a small 50-person gathering which debuted in 2011 to a…
Shareholders Laud Transcorp Hotels’ performance, Approve dividend payment Transcorp Hotels Plc has announced a profit after tax of N4b at its 3rd Annual General Meeting which took place at Transcorp Hilton Abuja. At the meeting, the Shareholders of Transcorp Hotels Plc commended the management and staff of the Company for recording a strong financial and…
Kemi Adeosun: The Nigerian Finance Minister is no doubt one of the most powerful persons in President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, obviously because of her portfolio and the many controversies trailing her ministry. But despite the economic recession and the many criticisms she has been getting from Nigerians, Kemi remains an influential person in the country…
Professor Pat Utomi does not need much of an introduction; he is a very public individual. Call him an economist, patriot, politician, philosopher, public intellectual, TV host, e.t.c., and you are all correct; only he is more. In this revealing chat with The Interview,he dissects the various pitfalls of the country and points the way…
Keystone Bank Limited has refuted allegation by Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and the House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that it is owing the agency N23.5 got million being an accrued interest sum from a N4.2 billion transaction. The Deputy Chairman of the Public Accounts committee, Rep Ibrahim Baba (APC, Bauchi) and ITF’s Director-General,…
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is about to commence its annual forty days fasting for the year 2017 on a very ugly note because of the internal wranglings and bickerings among the power blocs in the church and because of the latest developments that has shaken the leadership of the church which is…
The embattled acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu is at the moment running from pillar to post in order to salvage what remains in his honour and integrity against the backdrop of the many problems he is facing from within and from without. According to sources,since the Senate rejected…
In what looks like the proverbial case of the hunted that suddenly turns back to chase the hunter, the recent shocking revelations of corruption in high quarters in the All Progressive Congress (APC) administration of President Mohammad Buhari aptly captures the paradox of the these interesting times in the Nigerian polity. The news of the…
The adverse effects of the current economic recession is now seriously affecting Nigeria’s aviation industry and of all the major airlines operating the international routes in the country, Medview Airlines seems to be the hardest hit.And from what we are hearing it is just a matter of time before the Airline goes completely out of…
The federal government is currently panicking because the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), currently put at over N5.9 trillion is be threatened as sacked workers are demanding the 25 per cent of their total contributions to it. Global News has learnt that the Nigerian Pension Act which allows a contributor to apply for a maximum of…
