UPDATE 2: 104 DAPCHI GIRLS, 2 OTHERS FREED UNCONDITIONALLY – FG
The Federal Government said a total of 106 abducted persons, comprising 104 Daphi schoolgirls, one other girl and a boy were freed by insurgents in the early hours of Wednesday. Briefing journalists...
View ArticleDAPCHI GIRLS’ RELEASE: PDP PLUMBS THE DEPTHS OF INFAMY – FG
The Federal Government has accused the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of plumbing the depths of infamy for saying the adoption and release of the Dapchi schoolgirls were stage-managed. In a...
View ArticleAMBODE VISITS JAPAN, WOOS INVESTORS ON TRANSPORTATION, URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (2nd right); member, House of Representatives, Japan and Chairman, Japan-AU Friendship League, Mr. Ichiro Aisawa (middle); member, House of Representatives of...
View ArticleTony Elumelu Foundation Selects 1,000 Entrepreneurs For 2018 Programme
More than 150,000 Africans from 114 countries worldwide applied to join the 4th cycle of The Tony Elumelu Foundation’s (TEF) 10-year, $100 million TEF Entrepreneurship Programme. Meanwhile, the...
View ArticleBuhari: Leah Sharibu Will Not Be Abandoned
President Muhammadu Buhari is as committed to the freedom of the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity as he was to the girls’ freedom when all 110 were in the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists....
View ArticleIGP shifts withdrawal of policemen attached to VIPs, others to April 20
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, has shifted the withdrawal of police officers attached to Political and Public Office Holders, VIPs, Public and Private Companies to April 20....
View ArticleBill Gates, Dangote Challenge FG To Invest In Human Capital
Philanthropist and Founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has challenged the Nigerian government to invest in human capital development, saying it would lay a good foundation for the nation’s prosperity. He...
View ArticleBill Gate, Dangote sign MoU with 6 governors on immunisation fund
Bill Gates and Aliko Dangote on Wednesday signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with six northern state governors on improved access to immunisation in Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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Photo News: Faces at Mr. Val Ojumah’s Father In-Law Burial Ceremony
L-R: MD, Wale Banmore; Prudential Life; Samuel Ogbodo, ED operations,Equity Assurance Plc; Bode Opadokun, MD, FBNGeneral Insurance and Soji Apampa at late Chief George Emo-Agege’s Burial Ceremony held...
View ArticlePhoto News: Faces at Mr. Val Ojumah’s Father In-Law Burial Ceremony
Mr Val Ojumah, MD/CEO FBNInsurance (3rd left) with his friends at the late Chief George Emo-Agege’s Burial Ceremony held today in Delta State.
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Photo News: Caverton Offshore Support Group Plc Closing Gong at the Exchange
L – R: Ayo Omueti, Director, Corporate Services, Caverton Helicopters; Captain Josiah Choms, Managing Director, Caverton Helicopters; David Sale, Managing Director, Bell Helicopters Company Sales,...
View ArticleStates Generates N931.23 Billion IGR in 2017-NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics Publishes Internally Generated Revenue at State level for 2017 Fiscal Year.The full year 2017 state IGR figure hits N931.23bn compared to N831.19bn recorded in year...
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UBA Plc Reports Q4 2017 Results – Non-Interest Income Up by 42% QoQ
Event: United Bank for Africa (UBA) reports Q4 2017 results Implications: Likely upward revisions to consensus 2018 PBT forecasts and a positive reaction Positives: Non-interest income was up 42% q/q,...
View ArticleNSE Proposes Rules for Price Stabilization of Securities to the Rulebook
Introduction The Exchange is proposing to add the Rules for Price Stabilization of Securities to the Rulebook of The Exchange (”Rulebook”) (Issuers’ Rules). Summary of the Proposed Rules The...
View ArticleGhana: Access Bank and FMO sign $25 million facility to boost lending
One of the foremost retail banks in Ghana, Access Bank Ghana has entered into another strategic partnership with its long standing financial partner, FMO, the Dutch Development Bank, for a US$ 25...
View ArticleMTN to inject $144M into network infrastructure in 2018
Ghana’s leading telecommunication giant, MTN is set to inject over $144 million of capital expenditure towards expanding quality network services. MTN has a market share of about 17.8 million mobile...
View ArticlePhoto News: Faces at the ongoing 6th Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc Open Golf...
L-R: Segun Bankole, AGM/Head, Corporate Communications and Brand Management, Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc, Niyi Odusi, Executive Director, Retail & Branch Operations, STI Plc, Barrister S.I...
View ArticleFG’S NATIONAL HOUSING PROGRAMME, OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS STIMULATING...
Hon. Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, SAN (middle) , Team Leader, Abuja National Housing Programme , Arc. (Mrs) Iyabode Fashoranti and others during his inspection of the...
View ArticleNCC Says Nigeria’s Mobile Phone Subscription stands at 147 Million
The Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta has revealed that over 140 million Nigerians have phone subscriptions in the country. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said that the...
View ArticleYou Can’t Use Security Agents To Intimidate Nigerians, Fayose Dares Buhari
BY OUR REPORTERS—–-Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose on Saturday described President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to security to go after critics of his government’s cluelessness as last...
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