UBA Delights Shareholders, Distributes N27.2bn In Dividends
The shareholders of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc have approved the payment of N27.2 billion for its financial year ended December 31, 2016. The bank distributed N19.9 billion as final dividend, in...
View ArticleExperts Anticipate Further Drop In Inflation Rate To 16.52%
Experts at FSDH, a Lagos based research firm have predicted further decline in inflation rate to 16.52 per cent in March 2017. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is expected on April 15, 2017 to...
View ArticleBDC Directors Move To Narrow Exchange Rate Gaps
Directors of over 3,000 Bureaux De Change (BDCs) will be meeting today in Lagos, to take strategic decisions on ways to force down dollar rates and narrow the gaps between official and parallel market...
View ArticleLufthansa Airline Returns To Abuja 20 April
Lufthansa Airlines says it will resume flights on April 20 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja following the planned reopening of the airport on April 19. The Airline’s Communication...
View ArticleBayelsa Govt To Borrow N30bn To Complete Devt Projects
The Bayelsa State government has confirmed the decision to seek a short-term loan of N30 billion to finance the completion of key projects in the critical sectors of education, housing, road and other...
View Article‘Nigeria Can Earn N200bn From Gaming Industry’
The director-general of the National Lottery Regulation Commission (NLRC), Adolphus Ekpe, has disclosed that the gaming industry has the potential of bringing about N200 billion to the federal...
View ArticleImo NSCDC In Job Racketeering Mess
The Imo State Commandant of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) appears to have plunged into troubled waters following alleged cases of job racketeering involving a 3-star officer, James...
View ArticlePMB Lauds Aregbesola’s Social Intervention Programmes
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Governor Rauf Aregbesola for promoting policies and programmes designed to eradicate unemployment, poverty and hunger in the state. He said Osun has been a...
View ArticleSouth South: Wike Survived Five Assassination Attempts In 11 Months -Rivers Govt
The Rivers State government has said Governor Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, survived no fewer than five assassination attempts on his life in 11 months. The state commissioner for Information and...
View ArticleMedical Directors Guild Solicits Partnership To Fight Meningitis
The Guild of Medical Directors has solicited a realistic collaboration of the private sector in the fight against Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM) epidemic in some states. Dr Chito Nwana, the FCT...
View ArticleEmpowerment: Senator Distributes N70m Among Constituents
No fewer than 535 persons have received cash donations and several gift items worth over N70 million from Sen. Ahmed Ogembe representing Kogi Central Senatoral District. Ogembe told the News Agency of...
View ArticleFoundation Treats 6,000 Patients Free In Katsina
More than 6,000 patients were treated free-of-charge during a community healthcare outreach programme sponsored by Bala Usman Foundation, an NGO, in Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State....
View ArticleEx-first Lady Patience Jonathan Sighted At Skyebank In Abuja
Former first Lady, Patience Jonathan was on Monday sighted at the Maitama branch of the Skyebank in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this may not be unconnected with her 5.9...
View ArticleNasarawa Govt. gives land to FG to construct housing units in Lafia –...
The Nasarawa state government says it has provided 13 hectres of land with Certificate of Occupancy (C of O) to the Federal Government for the construction of 76 housing units in Lafia. Mr Silas Agara,...
View ArticleSouth South Apc To Wike: You Are Not Truthful Over Federal Allocation To Rivers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, has called on Governor Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike to be truthful about the monthly revenue allocation from the Federation Account since he assumed office...
View ArticlePolice Confirms Abduction Of Two Expatriates, Polytechnic Proprietor In A’Ibom
The Akwa Ibom police command, on Monday, confirmed the abduction of two expatriates from their hotel rooms in Eket, Eket Local Government Area on Sunday. The command also said that the proprietor of...
View ArticleMilitary Release 593 Cleared Boko Haram Detainees To Borno Govt.
The Nigerian military have released 593 detainees after they had been cleared of any association with the Boko Haram terrorists. The Theater Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor,...
View ArticleFree Meningitis Vaccine: FG Urges Nigerians To Report Defaulting Health Workers
Nigerians have been warned not to make payments in any form to receive the Cerebrospinal Meningitis Vaccine. The Federal Government gave the charge following reports of sharp practices being...
View ArticleFG Commences Online Update Of Public Servants On IPPIS
The Federal Government has commenced online update of federal public servants in Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) that are currently enrolled on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll...
View ArticleEFCC Intercepts N250m in Balogun Market
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday intercepted huge sums of money in various currencies totalling N250 million at the popular Balogun market in Lagos. This came barely three...
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