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Shareholders of NASCON Allied Industries Plc have approved a total dividend of N1.06 billion declared by the company for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2020. The shareholders unanimously gave the approval at the company’s Annual General Meeting on Friday in Lagos. The dividend translated to 40k per share to …

The Nigerian Police Force says it has captured suspected killers of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan political adviser, Ahmed Gulak. Gulak was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Ngo-Okpala area of Imo state on Saturday evening on his way to the Sam Mbakwe airport. However, in a statement made available to this newspaper on Sunday night, …

Atiku and Amaechi The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi ’s alleged 2023 vice presidential ambition is the reason for his recent battles against the suspended managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, Per Second News is reporting. Usman was suspended as part of a supposed move to …

Worried by the incessant cases of kidnapping in almost all conceivable places, murder of innocent people, including Policemen, burning down of police stations, correctional facilities, and INEC offices nationwide, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins has urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said the pieces of jewellery seized from Diezani Alison-Madueke, a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, have been valued at about N14.460 billion.  He also said that the Houses seized from the former Minister is also valued at 80million dollars. The EFCC Chairman, …

When great men celebrate, even the stars bow in solemn hallow. As Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji (DVAA), the erudite banker-turned politician celebrates his 50th birthday on Saturday May 29, 2021, the periscope is focused on a man who has given his all to create peace, tranquility and progress for his …

As the process of constitution amendment is ongoing in the country, the Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Wednesday said it would be better for the country to adopt the 1963 Constitution, which he said contained the principles of true federalism. The governor, who berated the current 1999 Constitution, …

Students of the College of Health and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti on Wednesday went on rampage after 100 of their colleagues collapsed for allegedly inhaling chemicals during a fumigation exercise on the campus. The Nation gathered the students collapsed while writing their examinations after inhaling chemicals when operatives of the Federal Fire …

Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa Delta State government has said it has not received from the £4.2m looted by a former governor of the state, James Ibori, which the Federal Government recently repatriated from the United Kingdom. The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, had disclosed on Tuesday before …

The £4.2m looted by former Governor James Ibori recently repatriated by the Federal Government from the United Kingdom has been returned to Delta State, Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris has confirmed. The Nation reports that Idris disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday when he appeared before the House …