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Some shareholders of Oando Plc yesterday showed their disagreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over the suspension of the company’s annual general meeting (AGM). The company’s AGM, which was supposed to hold yesterday, June 11, 2019, was suspended by SEC … Read more...

The country’s pension assets rose by 29 billion in the first quarter of 2019, specifically, between January and March, this year. Data obtained from the National Pension Commission (PenCom) revealed that the total pension assets as at the end of January 2019 was N8.74 trillion and … Read...

The Nigeria Agribusiness Register Networking (AgNet), a business outfits says the country`s untapped shea butter is capable of yielding two billion dollars about N721 trillion annually. Mr Roland Oroh, the Managing Director of AgNet, made the disclosure at a press conference on Tuesday in...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has not published the national and general minimum cut-off marks for placement of candidates into the nation’s tertiary institutions as being speculated in some quarters. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin...

A Clinical Pyschologist and Emotions Therapist, Mr Enitan Oyenuga on Wednesday attributed the high rate of depression and suicide amongst youths in Nigeria to emotional attachment and falsehood of social media. Oyenuga said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. …...

Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has congratulated former Deputy Governor of Delta State, Prof. Amos Agbe Utuama, SAN, as he turns 72 years on Wednesday June 5, 2019, describing him as a committed patriot, astute administrator and a leader of impeccable disposition. In a … Read...

No fewer than 14 princes have collected forms to signify their intention to become the Olowo of Owo in Ondo State. Also, some of the princes from the Ogunoye ruling house including Aragun Sunday, Alamuren and Adelota, on Tuesday, kicked against the decision of the royal … Read more via...

The Ghanaian’s Ministry of Railways Development in Accra has pulled out of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) earlier signed in March 2019 with the China Railway Construction Corporation (international) Nigeria Limited on the account of alleged breach of confidentiality. The sudden...

The board of MTN Nigeria, has presented its audited financials for the year ended December 31, 2018, two weeks after its listing on the premium board of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), posting an increase of 80 per cent in its net profit. Profit – after … Read more via Leadership Newspaper...

Emmanuel Babayaro has called on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to launch an investigation into the exit of the Flying Eagles from the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland. Despite starting the tournament impressively with a 4-0 demolition of Qatar, the 2005 runners-up failed to …...

Super Eagles head coach, Gernot Rohr has praised John Obi Mikel for his early arrival at the team’s training camp in Asaba. According to the German tactician, the former Chelsea man is showing his commitment to leading Nigeria at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The … read more via...

The MTN Nigeria listing on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) lifted the capitalisation of equites market by N2.726 trillion in May. The equities market recorded 6.55 per cent gain in May to be the highest monthly performance in the year. In January, the equities market declined … Read more...

The Police Command in Enugu State has begun investigation into an alleged killing of one-year-and-five-month old baby by her mother in a community within the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Sunday in Enugu that the incident happened …...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released 4, 636 more results of its recently conducted Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made this disclosure in a statement on Friday in Lagos. The number...

The Network of Anti-Corruption Institutions in West Africa, NACIWA, has nominated Nigeria to represent the region at the 4th Annual General Meeting of the Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities in Africa, scheduled to hold in Egypt, in June 2019. EFCC spokesperson, Tony Orilade, in a...

The immediate past minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has said he learnt the dignity of silence and trust in the capacity of others from President Muhammadu Buhari while he served in his cabinet as a junior minister. He stated this at … Read more via...

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said that the Wednesday aborted landing of Ethiopian Airlines aircraft Boeing 777-300 aircraft was a normal safety procedure in the global aviation industry. Managing director of FAAN, Capt. Hamisu Yadudu who made the observation yesterday...

As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate the World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said over 165, 000 children die at the age of five to infection caused by tobacco across the country. This was made known by the … Read more via Leadership Newspaper –...

MTN is to sell its stakes in investment fund Amadeus and online platform Travelstart, in line with its plan to raise ZAR15 billion ($1 billion) through asset sales over the next three years. The company, which held a Capital Markets Day with investors yesterday, said it … Read more via...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it injected the sum of $205 million into the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market, in its continued push to sustain liquidity in the sector on Tuesday, May 28. The CBN said authorised dealers in the wholesale segment of the market … Read more via...