Buhari.. The United States Department of State has again issued a damning assessment of Nigeria under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari in its 2017 Country Report on Human Rights released last Friday in Washington D.C. In the 48-page report posted on the website of the State Department, the U.S. …
Read More »League Winners Manchester City Already Close To New Signing
Manchester City might have swept to league victory at a canter but they are not resting on their laurels and are already preparing for next season. The League winners according to reports are already close to agreeing a deal with a midfielder and hope to finalise all their transfer business …
Read More »Photo News: DANGOTE GROUP EXECUTIVE DELEGATION IN HANNOVER, GERMANY
Today, Dangote Industries Limited Executive Delegation led by GP/CE, Aliko Dangote visited Siemens Africa Booth at the ongoing Hannover Technology Fair in Germany, a leading global trade fair for Industrial Technology, providing insights into the wave of Industrial revolution and how it is reshaping industries of the future. Key discussions at the event …
Read More »Nigerian Breweries, Forte oil lead gainers’ table at NSE
The Nigerian Breweries has on Monday at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) led the gainers’ table, gaining N3.60 to close at N129.70 per share . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Forte Oil followed with a gain of N1.85 to close at N39.50, while GlaxosmithKline added N1.70 to close …
Read More »UBA shareholders approve N22.23bn dividend for 2017
UBA GMD/CEO, Mr. Kennedy Uzoka United Bank for Africa (UBA), on Monday endorsed the payment of N22.23 billion final dividend declared by the board for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2017. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the shareholders gave the approval at the bank’s 56th Annual …
Read More »EFCC confirms Senator Peter Nwaboshi’s arrest
Peter Nwaboshi The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the lawmaker representing Delta-North Senatorial District, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, for an alleged fraud of N6bn. The EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed this to our correspondent on the telephone on Monday. “The senator is currently in our custody. He was …
Read More »UPDATE: Dino Melaye regains freedom
Melaye Spokesman of embattled senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Gideon Ayodele, has reportedly claimed that his principal, who was arrested on Monday morning, has been released. Ayodele claimed the senator was left off Immigration operatives’ hook after a stand-off that lasted about two and a …
Read More »Why we arrested Dino Melaye – NIS
Melaye The Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS, has explained why Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West was on Monday morning arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Spokesman of the Service, Mr Sunday James told the News Agency of Nigeria that Melaye was arrested by Immigration officials “based on instructions”. …
Read More »UBA celebrates Africa, honors staff at 2018 CEO Awards
l-r: CEO, Airtel Nigeria, Mr Segun Ogunsanya; Chairman, Forte Oil Plc, Mr Femi Otedola; GMD/CEO, UBA Plc, Mr Kennedy Uzoka; President, Dangote Industries, Alhaji Aliko Dangote; Group Chairman, UBA Plc, Mr. Tony Elumelu; Deputy Managing Director, Total E&P Nigeria, Alhaji Ahmadu-Kida Musa; and Group Deputy Managing Director, UBA Plc, Mr. …
Read More »Buhari, victim of unrealistic expectations of Nigerians – Presidency
The Presidency has described the heaps of abuses on President Muhammadu Buhari as a fallout of the high expectations of Nigerians. The Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Malam Garba Shehu, stated this in an opinion piece on Sunday. In the piece, which is published elsewhere …
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