Since it was created in 2003, aggrieved investors have filed 256 cases and 35 complaints before the Investments and Securities Tribunal (IST) making monetary claims amounting to N351.9 billion.   At a stakeholders' forum organised by the tribunal on the theme: “Sanitizing Nigerian Capital Market and...

A breakfast meeting organised by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Abuja with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and heads of various deposit money banks (DMBs) in attendance have agreed to extend the loan repayment period for farmers from six...

Nigerian journalists require constant training and refresher courses to enable them grapple with the intricacies of governance and hold governments accountable to development plans.   Former Head of Service of the Federation, Prof. Oladapo Afolabi who canvassed this position, argued that only well trained journalists can...

African smartphone users will soon have an alternative means to get round the power shortages afflicting much of the world's poorest continent - a portable charger that relies on hydrogen fuel cells.   British company Intelligent Energy plans to roll out one million of the new...

About 25,801 livestock farmers have benefited from the African Development Bank assisted Community-Base Agriculture and Rural Development Project (AfDB-CBRADP) in five states in Nigeria, Project Coordinator, Ibrahim Arabi has disclosed.   Arabi, who stressed the need to improve local breeds of livestock in view of high...

Governors are disturbed by the state of the economy, which has remained hazy to them. They are to raise nine issues on Thursday at the meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC), which has not been convened in the past three months. Many states have complained...