‘Regular exercise promotes sexual performance’ An Epidemiologist with the Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr. Ismail AbdusSalam, says regular physical exercise promotes sexual performance in male and female. AbdusSalam, who is also a Consultant Public Health Physician said, “This is because regular exercises have a lot to do with production of testosterone in male.’’ He spoke to the News Agency …

SEC, sole approving authority for securities—Adeosun  Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has reiterated that the responsibility for the supervision, regulation and approval of issuance of securities in the local market for Nigeria’s internal debt rests solely with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The minister stated this in a circular explaining that, in line with its powers as conferred by …

File photo Apapa gridlock killing trade facilitation programme, says NPA The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms Hadiza Usman, said the traffic gridlock in Apapa had affected access into the ports and killing trade facilitation programme of government. According to a statement by NPA on Monday in Lagos, Usman said this at a stakeholders meeting held in her office. …

Naira loses 85% of value in two years – CBN …enjoins risk managers to be on top of their job As Nigerians continued to grapple with the hash economic realities bedeviling the domestic economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that the naira has lost about 85 per cent of its value in the last two years and that …

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Trigger-Happy Police Sergent in Niger Kills Driver Over N50 Bribe Olabode Adaramola Tragedy struck over the weekend along Tegina- Lagos road in Mashegu Local Government of Niger state as a trigger-happy Police sergeant at a check point shot dead, at a close range a J5 bus driver, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, policeman over N100 bribe . The …

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FCMB reports N140.7bn gross earnings in Q3 Despite the hash economic realities in the domestic economy, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Group Plc yesterday reported N140.7 billion in gross earnings for the third quarter ended September 2016, 29 per cent above N109.3 billion recorded in the same period prior year. The group non-interest income stood at N44.8 billion, for Q3 …

  Ecobank Collaborates With NIBSS On New Mobile Payment Solution mCash   Ecobank has joined a collaboration between the Nigeria Interbank Settlement Scheme, NIBSS and the four major telecommunications operators, Etisalat, MTN, Airtel and Globacom, to offer a new and innovation mobile money payment solution, mCash. The new mobile payment solution enables easy payments using the mobile phone for account …

States Consider Inputs Into National Economic Recovery Plan Commissioners of Budget and Economic Development and Permanent Secretaries of related departments in States of the Federation on Thursday gathered in Abuja to contribute ideas and consider inputs into the National Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). The gathering was part of the Federal Government initiative to harvest inputs from all segments …