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November 5, 2017 No Responses

FRSC to deploy 2,000 personnel, 100 vehicles for Anambra polls

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is to deploy additional 2,000 personnel and 100 vehicles for the Nov. 18 gubernatorial election in Anambra. Its Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this in a phone interview with the News Agency...

November 5, 2017 No Responses

NAJA names Ade-Ojo icon of auto industry

A foremost industrialist and automobile business legend, Chief Michael Ade-Ojo, is set to be honoured as an icon of the Nigeria’s auto industry by the Nigerian Auto Journalists Association. Ade-Ojo, who is the founder of Elizade Nigeria Limited and Chairman....

November 5, 2017 No Responses

Presidency explains list of Buhari’s appointments

The Presidency on Saturday released a full list of all the appointments made by President Muhammadu Buhari since he assumed office on May 29, 2015. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, who released...

November 4, 2017 No Responses

France cuts Renault stake to 15 percent

France is selling a 4.73 percent stake in carmaker Renault, a government investment agency has said, paring the holding back to the 15-percent level that had preceded a 2015 power struggle over voting rights. The APE state holding agency said...

November 4, 2017 No Responses

FG to distribute 13m nets

The Federal Government says it will distribute 13 million Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) in collaboration with other stakeholders in six selected states. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, made this known on Friday in Yola at the flag-off o...

November 4, 2017 No Responses

Photo News

Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, (left) and Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Shippers’ Council, Hassan Bello, during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Abuja on Friday.

November 3, 2017 No Responses

Hassan Bello at Stock Exchange as more investors indicate interest in Nigeria’s economy

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Hassan Bello was a special guest at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday. Bello was received by the Chie...

November 3, 2017 No Responses

Market capitalisation declines by N3b

Profit taking on Thursday curtailed the three-day growth recorded on the floor of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). Specifically, market capitalisation, which opened at N12.766 trillion, dropped three billion or 0.02 per cent to close at N12.763trillion. Also...

November 3, 2017 No Responses

At Sterling Bank lecture, experts harp on reducing poverty, unemployment through non-interest banking

As part of measures to further deepen public awareness and understanding of alternative finance or Non-Interest Banking (NIB) in Nigeria, Sterling Bank Plc, recently organised a public lecture on “Reducing Poverty & Unemployment through Non-Interest Bank...

November 3, 2017 No Responses

NLNG awards $100,000 to three winners of 2017 Science Prize

The Advisory Board of the Nigeria Prize for Science and Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Thursday announced three research works as joint winners for the 2017 edition of the prize after two years intensive search for innovations in the fight...

November 3, 2017 No Responses

Buhari to present 2018 budget on Tuesday

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly, informing them of his readiness to present the 2018 appropriation budget on Tuesday, November 7, 2017. In a letter addressed to the Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House...