Troops involved in the clearance and rescue operations in Sambisa forest nicknamed “Operation Crackdown”, were on Wednesday evening attacked by Boko Haram Terrorists while on harbour. Read More…..
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President Buhari To Sign Budget Before Leaving For France Friday
The Federal Government has set out “34 strategic priority programmes and projects” that it intends to achieve beginning with the 2016 budget. Read More…..
Femi Otedola loses $400m in 9 weeks As Forte Oil Stock Droped Down
Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola has lost more than $400 million of his personal fortune over the last 9 weeks as the stock price of Forte Oil, the Nigerian-listed energy behemoth he controls, shed off 43.5 per cent in value within that period, according to a Forbes report. Read More…..
N90bn unclaimed dividends: Shareholders task SEC on CAMA review
Some shareholder groups on Wednesday in Lagos called for review of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) in view of unclaimed dividends piling at the capital market. Read More…..
el-Rufai appoints Flour Mill boss as Kaduna Investment Agency’s Vice Chair
Kaduna State Government, Nasir el-Rufai, has appointed Flour Mills boss, John Coumantaros as vice-chairman of its investment promotion agency, KADIPA. Read More…..
Economy suffered more woes in April •As most indices on CBN’s Purchasing Managers’ Index decline
With oil prices still low in the market, budget 2016 impasse continuing, inflation rising and foreign exchange crisis not abating, the Central Bank of Nigeria has disclosed that the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) declined significantly further in April 2016. Read More…..
EFCC quizzes Sterling Bank MD
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, stormed the corporate head office of Sterling Bank Plc in Lagos. Read More…..
Adeniji-Adele, Lagos ex-sports commissioner, is dead
Prince Ademola Adeniji-Adele, a former Lagos State Commissioner for Sports and Youths Development, is dead. Read More…..
Report act of indiscipline by any army officer, GOC enjoins public •Inaugurates general court martial
The General Officer Commanding 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Laz Ilo, has enjoined members of the civil society to report any act of indiscipline involving any army personnel, just as he warned that the division, under his command, would not tolerate any form of indiscipline. Read More…..
Obasanjo donates chimpanzee named ‘Patience’ to animal centre
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has donated a chimpanzee named “Patience” in his Wildlife Park, to a conservation organisation, Pandrillus Foundation, a non-profit organisation. Read More…..