Why Media Monitoring is Vital during Political Campaign

By Sunkanmi Vaughan The reason is unusual and too technical for most people to understand, including most journalists who cover business and political news. As one with an understanding of that highly technical professional sector, I will break down the technicality in the Sanofi strategy for easy understanding and explain why the misunderstanding or misreporting occurred. In the business world covered by economy/business-reporting journalists, everything boils down to profit. It can be a real struggle indeed for the journalists to understand the priority of Sanofi. If you add the unpatriotic politics of disinformation, then you have a bigger problem to

By Emmanuel Udom Today, most contract security guards are earning slave wages, putting their lives in danger while ensuring the safety of other people, corporate bodies, government agencies, etc, 24/7. It is noted that all over the world, security business is deadly, risky, slippery, dangerous and sophisticated. Like in other business concerns, owners of registered and yet-to-be-registered private security companies are in for raw deals. They are driven by profits, the laws of supply and demand and the desperate hustle for big, juicy contracts, our investigations have shown. Private contract security companies hire all sorts of people, give them one

By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi Dear Mr President, I trust this letter finds you well. It remains a familiar narrative that the Saturday, February 25, presidential election organized by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) affirmed you as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Further eliciting congratulations on your success is the awareness that all the litigations/and related concerns arising from the electoral exercise have been resolved in your favour. In line with this victory, you are presently faced with the task of delivering Nigeria and Nigerians from the snare of dangerous political and socio-economic challenges. As part of

By Ike.S Anison Historically, the formal banking sector’s penetration in Africa has been relatively low. And, while there has been significant improvement in this area in recent years, there is still a significant portion of the population on the continent who are unbanked or lack access to financial services. According to the World Bank, approximately 350 million adults in sub-Saharan Africa are still unbanked, accounting for 17% of the 2 billion global unbanked population. This has largely been due to a struggle to tap into the continent’s low-income segment, the widest proportion of the population. Consumers within this market feel

By Ahmed Rahma A telecommunication company, 9mobile has commenced the National Identification Number (NIN) registration exercise in selected experience centres in Lagos and Abuja. In a statement on Monday, the telco stated that the development followed federal government’s approval granting telecoms the licence for NIN enrollment to ease the pressure of large crowd turnout at the various enrollment centres of the Nigeria Identity Management Commission (NIMC). The Chief Commercial Officer, 9mobile, Mr Stjepan Udovicic said, “9mobile  will always seek opportunities to collaborate with regulators and other stakeholders on initiatives that will enable Nigerians to achieve their full potential.” “We are

By Adedapo Adesanya The President of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Mr Benedict Oramah, has been awarded the 2021/22 Zik Prize in Professional Leadership by the Public Policy Research and Analysis Centre (PPRAC). In a citation, Professor Pat Utomi, Head of the PPRAC Zik Prize Selection Committee, said that Mr Oramah is being recognised for his remarkable piloting of Africa’s premier multilateral financial institution to deliver on its mandate of boosting economic expansion in Africa, by financing and promoting intra- and extra-African trade and accelerating industrialisation. “A key promoter of the AfCFTA as Africa’s pathway to industrialisation, he championed the

By Adedapo Adesanya The World Bank alongside the European Union, China, the United Kingdom and the United States have pledged immediate humanitarian relief worth over €252 million ($297.08 million) to Lebanon. Last Tuesday, the capital city of Beirut was rocked by two huge explosions that have claimed more than 200 and injured 6,000 others. The aid pledged followed a United Nations-backed virtual conference hosted by French President, Mr Emmanuel Macron. The donors thereafter issued a joint statement, pledging solidarity with and support for the Lebanese people. “The participants agreed that their assistance should be timely, sufficient and consistent with the

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Nigerian local currency performed well on Tuesday at the parallel market against the Euro, gaining N4 at the close of transactions. Business Post reports that the Naira, which opened the day at N440 per Euro, closed today at N336 to the Euro. This growth recorded by the local currency occurred as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced retaining the benchmark interest rate at 14 percent after its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting today. However, at the close of trading at the black market on Tuesday, the Naira closed flat against the two other major currencies,

By Dipo Olowookere The average yields of treasury bills at the secondary market depreciated on Wednesday as traders focused on the sale of the debt instrument at the primary market. Business Post reports that at the close of transactions yesterday, the yields tumbled by 0.66 percent to settle at 12.64 percent following buying pressure witnessed during the session. It was observed that yields fell across the tenors tracked at the midweek trading session, with the six-month bill recording the highest decline, 1.14 percent, to finish at 12.08 percent against 13.22 percent it ended the previous day. Yield on the one-month

By Dipo Olowookere The nation’s equity market appreciated on Wednesday by 1.89 per cent on the back of interest in the shares of FBN Holdings, Dangote Cement and others. A total of 264.7 million units of the company’s shares worth N2.1 billion exchanged hands at the midweek trading session, closing as the most active equity at the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited. Universal Insurance traded 76.7 million stocks worth N15.3 million, Axa Mansard Insurance sold 13.1 million shares for N31.8 million, Zenith Bank traded 12.1 million equities valued at N283.3 million, while Fidelity Bank transacted 11.2 million stocks for N27.5 million.

By Edwin Emeka Aboh I read the article with the above title with keen interest devoid of any mixed feeling. No doubt, the article is a direct response to my earlier piece titled: ‘‘Hassan Dankwambo: A Sure Bet for Another PDP Presidency” which was widely published in virtually all the media organisations in the country. For me not to expect reaction to that piece especially from the camp of the man believed to own about 70 percent of Nigeria’s media space is akin to living in fools’ paradise. But, I don’t mind about their reaction because, already, I have the

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The sum of N12.7 billion has been credited to the account of Benue State as refund from Paris and London Clubs. This information was revealed to newsmen in Makurdi, the state capital, by the Governor, Mr Samuel Ortom while answering questions from them. The Governor noted that the money was 25 percent short of what President Muhammadu Buhari directed the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to pay the state. Mr Ortom said the President ordered the two agencies to pay 50 percent of the $181 million owed Benue State as refund. He,