Category: News

Unilever To Revisit $65b Merger Deal With GSK
January 18, 2022 No Responses

Unilever To Revisit $65b Merger Deal With GSK

Unilever has signaled it will continue pursuing a blockbuster deal to buy GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) healthcare arm. Unilever has already had a £50b ($65b) offer rejected, but said on Monday a deal would be a “strong strategic fit”.  GSK’s health products business...
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GSK Rejects $65b Unilever Bid For Consumer Goods Division
January 17, 2022 No Responses

GSK Rejects $65b Unilever Bid For Consumer Goods Division

GlaxoSmithKline has rejected three Unilever offers to buy its consumer goods division, including one worth £50b ($65b). GSK said the proposals “fundamentally failed” to reflect the value of the division.  With a successful bid, Unilever &#821...
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LADOL Retains ISO 45001:2018, 14001:2015 Certifications
January 17, 2022 No Responses

LADOL Retains ISO 45001:2018, 14001:2015 Certifications

LADOL Free Zone has renewed and retained its International Organization for Standardization, ISO 45001:2018+14001:2015 certifications. A statement explained that the certifications are part of the company’s efforts to continuously improve its management Syst...
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Supreme Court Reverses N2.4b Ruling Against GTBank
January 17, 2022 No Responses

Supreme Court Reverses N2.4b Ruling Against GTBank

The Supreme Court has reversed its earlier decision which dismissed an appeal filed by Guaranty Trust Bank against a N2.4bn judgment given in favour of Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited by the Court of Appeal in Ibadan, Oyo State. A judgment...
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Borno Awards N2.8b Maiduguri Road Contract
January 16, 2022 No Responses

Borno Awards N2.8b Maiduguri Road Contract

The Borno Government has awarded N2.8b contract for construction of 8.2 kilometers Maiduguri township roads.  Mr Ali Goni-Lawan, Permanent Secretary,  Ministry of Works, stated this at the signing ceremony of the contract on Saturday in Maidugur...
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New Ransomware Attacking Organisational Networks Discovered
January 16, 2022 No Responses

New Ransomware Attacking Organisational Networks Discovered

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted members of the public that a cybercrime group has perfected a new year scheme to deliver ransomware to targeted organizational networks.  A statement issued by Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, P...
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Kano Inoculates 1.3m Animals
January 14, 2022 No Responses

Kano Inoculates 1.3m Animals

The Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Agency (KSAPD)has inoculated 1,364,612 animals against zoonoses.   According to KSAPD, the exercise was carried out in 2021 during the Livestock Vaccination Campaign in the state.  KSAPD Project Coordinat...
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Ecobank Partners Learntor On Digital Technology Training For Youths
January 14, 2022 No Responses

Ecobank Partners Learntor On Digital Technology Training For Youths

Ecobank Nigeria in partnership with Learntor, a comprehensive Agile Digital Transformational training and consultancy company has provided intensive Digital Technology training for select youths being part of the bank’s youth development initiative...
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FG Releases 49 New Crop Varieties To Farmers
January 13, 2022 No Responses

FG Releases 49 New Crop Varieties To Farmers

As part of measures to boost food production in Nigeria, the Federal Government has released 49 new high yield crop varieties to farmers through the National Varieties Release Committee (NVRC).  NVRC Chairman, Chief Oladosu Awoyemi, disclosed this on Wedn...
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Customs FOU Intercepts N7.8b Contraband In 2021
January 13, 2022 No Responses

Customs FOU Intercepts N7.8b Contraband In 2021

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, on Wednesday said it intercepted contraband from Benin Republic worth N7.813 billion in 2021.  The acting Customs Area Controller of the Unit, Deputy Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, said thi...
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NCC Boss, Danbatta, To Deliver Fountain University’s Convocation Lecture
January 13, 2022 No Responses

NCC Boss, Danbatta, To Deliver Fountain University’s Convocation Lecture

Apparently spurred by the vision, objectives and successes of policies, programmes and projects instituted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to bridge the digital divide and encourage the youth to harness derivable benefits of the Fourth Industri...
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Opinion: Nigeria – A New Year But Same Old Story?
January 12, 2022 No Responses

Opinion: Nigeria – A New Year But Same Old Story?

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM — 2022 could be a critical year for Africa’s largest economy as it navigates through Covid-19 and inflation-infested waters. Global economic conditions remain strained by the coronavirus menace while s...
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Catholic Archdiocese Of Jos Gets Acting Chancellor
January 12, 2022 No Responses

Catholic Archdiocese Of Jos Gets Acting Chancellor

Most Rev. Mathew Audu, the Catholic Archbishop of Jos, has appointed Rev. Fr. Daniel Gyang, as Acting Chancellor of the archdiocese.  The appointment was announced in a statement signed by the archbishop on Tuesday in Jos.  According to the statement...
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Unlawful Arrest: Court Awards N100m Compensation In Favour Of Oyo Businessman
January 11, 2022 No Responses

Unlawful Arrest: Court Awards N100m Compensation In Favour Of Oyo Businessman

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Oyo Town on Monday awarded N100 million as compensation in favour of an Oyo based businessman, Mr Azeez Akintunde, over his unlawful arrest.  Justice Elijah Taiwo delivered the judgment in a suit filed...
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