Citybusinessnews Archives — Page 52 of 59

May 16, 2022 No Responses

SAHCO Wins Best Performing Stock Award

Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO) has won the award of “Best Performing Stock” for the year 2021 at the Nigerian Investor Value Awards 2022 (NIVA) hosted by BusinessDay and the Nigerian Exchange (NGX). A statement issued by Manager, Corporate...

May 16, 2022 No Responses

Bus Driver Bags Life Imprisonment For Sexually Assaulting Five-Year-Old Pupil

An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Monday sentenced a school bus driver, Tony Akpan to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a five-year-old pupil. Justice Abiola Soladoye in her judgment, held that the prosecution had overwhelming ...

May 13, 2022 No Responses

Nigerian Army Pulls Out 14 Infantry Generals From Active Service

The Nigeria Army (NA) on Friday pulled out 14 Infantry generals from active service in a colourful ceremony in Kaduna.The retired officers who were pulled out in a parade at the Jaji Military Cantonment, Kaduna, consisted eight Maj-Generals and six...

May 13, 2022 No Responses

Navy Seeks Speedy Trial Of Sea Pirates, Arrested Vessels

The Nigerian Navy has called on the nation’s judiciary to ensure a speedy trial of sea pirates and other suspected criminals involved in illegal bunkering activities on the nation’s maritime environment. Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Awwal...

May 13, 2022 No Responses

Okomu Oil Appeals To Host Communities For Protection

The management of Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc has appealed to its host communities to protect it from incessant attacks and stealing by thieves. The company, headquartered in Okomu in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo, is...

May 12, 2022 No Responses

DMO Lists N225b FGN Bond For Subscription By Auction

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has announced an offer of three Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds valued at N225bn, for subscription through auction. The DMO announced the bonds offer in a statement on Thursday. The offers are...

May 12, 2022 No Responses

Nigeria Withdraws From International Basketball Competitions For Two Years

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the withdrawal of Nigeria from all international basketball competitions for a period of two years with immediate effect. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, disclosed this while briefing ne...

May 12, 2022 No Responses

NLNG’s Science Prize Judges Receive 107 Entries For 2022 Cycle

The panel of judges for The Nigeria Prize for Science has received the entries from scientists worldwide for the 2022 edition, signalling the commencement of the race to find a winner with the best scientific or research work on the theme...

May 12, 2022 No Responses

Photo News

May 12, 2022 No Responses

Political Appointees Drag APC, INEC To Court Over Disqualification Threats

Three aspirants have sued the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over threats to disqualify them from participating in the 2023 general election. The aspirants-Mr Sodique Abubakar, Mr Sod...

May 11, 2022 No Responses

Germany Unveils Bill To Accelerate The Use Of LNG

Germany’s government has taken another important step to reduce dependence on Russian energy imports by agreeing on a formulation of the draft law on the acceleration of the use of LNG. The Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection...

May 11, 2022 No Responses

Oyeyemi Tasks FRSC Cooperative Society On Integrity

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has urged the leadership of the FRSC Staff Cooperative Ltd. to ensure prudence and integrity in the management of its resources. Oyeyemi made the call at the cooperative’s...

May 11, 2022 No Responses

Study: Sleep Duration Of 7 Hour Optimal For Elderly

A study recently published in the journal — Nature Agingfound that approximately seven hours is the optimal sleep duration for the middle-aged and elderly. A Chinese research team from Fudan University studied about 500,000 participants from the UK Bi...

May 11, 2022 No Responses

Senate Passes Bill To Re-Enact Customs Act, Establishes NCS Board

The Senate on Wednesday at plenary passed a bill to repeal and re-enact the Customs and Excise Management Act 2004. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariffs. ...