President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met with former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon at the Presidential Villa. Speaking to State House Correspondents after the meeting, the former head of state said he came to welcome back the president from his medical vacation in the UK and thanked God for bringing …
Read More »Germany To Deport 12,000 Nigerians
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diaspora Affairs, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has revealed that the German embassy in Nigeria has intimated her office of plans to repatriate at least 12,000 Nigerian asylum seekers from the European country. Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday during the public presentation of two books …
Read More »N175m Debt: Pharma-Deko wants Guinness’ Chairman, CEO jailed
•As SEC Suspends Guinness’ N40bn Right Issue. Pharma-Deko Plc, today , informed a Federal High Court,sitting in Lagos,south west Nigeria that it has filed an application seeking to commit to Prison two management staff of Guinness Nigeria Plc, for violating the law as stipulated under the Company And Alied Matter …
Read More »Global Communications Firm Hires P+ Measurement Services To Provide Media Monitoring Service in Ghana Market.
Lagos – Nigeria, March 30, 2017: Following its strategic partnership with East Africa media monitoring agency Reelforge Media Monitoring, P+ Measurement Services was on Monday, March 27, appointed by global communications firm, Burness Communications to provide media monitoring services in Ghana market. P+ will be providing print, online, TV and …
Read More »Hon. Saheed Ibile Warns against the crisis between Hausa and Yoruba in ile-ife
We are peeved with the media trial of the suspects of the recent communal clash in Ile- Ife because the media trial by Nigeria Police Force looks like height of affront and assault to the collective integrity and value of the Yoruba people. In this vein, as the face of …
Read More »Deposits in SunTrust Bank grows by 432% to N4.2bn
As a sigh of absolute confidence in the Management of the technology-driven new bank; SunTrust Bank, its customers increased deposits in the bank by a whopping 432 per cent, making it possible for the bank to declare an impressive profit before tax of N343 million, an increase of 160.3 per cent over the N131.9million …
Read More »Banks Frustrating New Forex Measures, CBN Cries Out
L-R: Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and Deputy Governor, Sarah Alade, during an MPC press conference at the bank’s headquarters in Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday disclosed that it had received reports that some customers seeking to buy foreign exchange (forex) for business travel allowance …
Read More »Health Workers Suspend Strike
Nigeria’s Health Care Proffessionals under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP), on Thursday in Enugu called off its three-week nationwide strike action. The union had embarked on industrial action since 6th of March, 2017 as they asked the federal government to address the unhealthy discrepancies …
Read More »Woman,60, slumps, dies in Sokoto
A 60-year-old woman on Friday slumped and died while walking along a street in Sokoto. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident occurred at about 11:00 a.m. along Garba Duba road in Sokoto metropolis. The Police Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, El-Mustapha Sani, confirmed …
Read More »Golf ball or Football, Okocha Still Got It
On the football pitch, he was famous for his tricks, flicks, and showboating skills. And nine years after his retirement, Jay-Jay Okocha’s still got that golden touch — even with a golf ball. In footage filmed at the European Challenge Tour’s Barclays Kenya Open last week, the former Nigeria midfielder …
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