Jaiz Bank has emerged the worst performing stock in percentage terms on the Nigerian Stock Exchange for the month of May. The data obtained from the exchange for the month of May indicated that the stock dropped by 17.39 percent, to close at 95k per share, as against the opening price of N1.15. The Chief Operating Officer, InvestData Ltd, Mr …

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has introduced six key electronic solutions (e-Services) to enhance convenience, transparency and round the clock processing and payment of taxes. Some of the e-Services, which could now be accessed online, are taxpayer registration (through e-Registration); payment of Stamp Duties (through e-Stamp Duty); payment of taxes (through online payment: e-TaxPay, Remita); receiving of electronic receipt …

Privatised public enterprises are to be listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, the Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Mr. Alex Okoh, has said. He said this in Abuja on Friday when he received members of a technical committee on attracting new listings, according to a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the Head of Public Communications at the agency, …

The Bible Society of Nigeria has donated Bibles worth N17,178, 505 to Nigerians as part of its effort to enhance the spiritual development of the people. This was contained in a statement signed by the BSN’s Deputy Manager, Media and Programmes, Mr. Benjamin Mordi, on Sunday. Mordi stated that the gesture was in line with its mission to help the …

Family physicians under the aegis of the aegis of the Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria, have raised the alarm that the ongoing recession is taking its toll on Nigerians’ mental health. According to those who spoke at the World Family Physician Day seminar at the Eko Hospital in Lagos, about seven million Nigerians are living with depression. The President …

Granting unknown persons and organisations access to a subscriber’s telephone line by MTN for the purpose of sending unsolicited messages to the line is a violation of the subscriber’s right to privacy, the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has ruled. A three-man bench of the Court of Appeal  led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe-Wilson, unanimously held  in its judgment …

Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative banking services provider, has thrown its weight behind Globus Resources Limited, a subsidiary of Triton Group, to flag off the second phase of afforestation programme in Oyo state. The bank as the first financier had earlier financed the first phase of the project and offered N2billion long-term facility to enable Triton Aqua Africa Limited …

Photo Caption:1 From Left:  Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II,Kano State Deputy Governor, Prof. Hafees Abubakar,  President/CE,   Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, at the Commissioning ceremony of Danladi Nasidi Jumaurt Mosque Kano Donated by Hajiya Mariya Dantata  on Friday. Photo Caption:2 Advertisement From Left: Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, Hajiya Mariya Dantata , Mother of President/CE,   Dangote Industries Limited, …

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni has allayed the fears of the general public with regards to the falsehood being circulated on the social media in respect of security situation at Mafoluku-Oshodi and environs. “Oshodi is relatively calm and not “boiling as being erroneously peddled. It is mischief and callousness to put people in fear. Video footage being circulated …

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have intercepted a fifty-four year old single mother of four children on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia with substances that tested positive for cocaine. In a release signed by Ofoyeju Mitchell Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, the suspect who hails from Kwara State was apprehended …