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December 1, 2017 No Responses

NLC faults mass sack of local govt workers in Kaduna

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described the reported mass sack of about five thousand local government workers by the Kaduna State Government as illegal. A statement issued by the NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, said the mass sack “violates the...

November 30, 2017 No Responses

FG suspends SEC DG, two others

The Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mr. Mounir Gwarzo and two others have been suspended from office by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun as the Federal Government launches investigation into several allegations of...

November 29, 2017 No Responses

Infinity Tyres Debuts in Lekki, Flags off 2017 Value Drive Promo

By Moses Ebosele, ebosele@hotmail.com – Infinity Tyres Limited, Nigeria’s leading tyre, battery and premium automobile accessories brand has concluded plans to open a full-fledged branch in Lekki, Lagos State in the first week of December, 2017 t...

November 29, 2017 No Responses

Nigerian Breweries, Stanbic IBTC top gainers’ table as market capitalisation sustains growth by N89b

Nigerian Breweries on Tuesday recorded the highest price gain of N6.43 to lead the gainers’ table and closed at N137.60 per share. Stanbic IBTC followed by a gain of N1.85 to close at N41.85, while Dangote Cement increased by...

November 28, 2017 No Responses

Oando: Shareholders insist on interim management

Shareholders of Oando Plc have advised the current management of the company under the leadership of Mr Wale Tinubu to step down in the interest of all stakeholders. A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos had last week dismissed...

November 27, 2017 No Responses

Ministry faults ‘flagrant abuse of import duty waivers by some NGOs, importers’

The Federal Ministry of Finance has alleged attempts by some importers and Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) to malign the name of the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun over “spurious claims of refusing to grant import duty waivers in respect of...

November 25, 2017 No Responses

Nestle shareholders to get 1,500k interim dividend as Wapic, Zenith, UBA records N5.8b deals in five days

For the period ended September 2017, Nestle Plc has proposed 1500 kobo interim dividend. In a notice to the Nigerian StockExchange (NSE), the company explained that qualification date is 24th November 2017 while closure date is 27th November 2017....

November 24, 2017 No Responses

Investors stake N1.14b on UBA shares as market capitalisation records N28b growth

United Bank for Africa (UBA) on Thursday emerged the toast of investors with a turnover of 116.63 million shares valued at N1.14 billion on the floor of NigerianStock Exchange (NSE). Access Bank followed with 98.34 million shares worth N987.63 million,...

November 24, 2017 No Responses

2017 Budget: FERMA gets N800m out of N25b

Out of the N25billion budget of the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA), only N800million has been received, the Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said. Briefing members of the Senate Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance A...

November 23, 2017 No Responses

Nestle sustains growth profile, hits N1,300 per share

For the third consecutive day, Nestle Nigeria Plc on Wednesday led the gainers’ table, appreciating by N38.84 to close at N1,300 per share. Unilever came second with a gain of N2.15 to close at N39 95, while Zenith International Bank...

November 19, 2017 No Responses

‘Treat money laundering, financial crimes with zero tolerance’

Treat money laundering, financial crimes with zero tolerance to maintain and sustain economic, financial and political stability, the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has said. Prof. Osinbajo stated this at the opening ceremony of the Inter-Governmental Acti...

November 17, 2017 No Responses

NSE’s market capitalisation regains N77b

The market capitalisation of Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) which opened at N12.673 trillion on Thursday, increased by N77 billion or 0.61 per cent to close at N12.750 trillion due to the listing of rights issue of Unilever and Transnationwide. ...

November 17, 2017 No Responses

AAAF empowers widows, orphans, others in Northern Nigeria

Since the inception of its Northern Nigeria operations few years ago, the Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation, the philanthropic arm of SIFAX Group, has empowered over 6,000 indigents people, including destitute, widows and orphans. This was disclosed by the fou...

November 17, 2017 No Responses

CFAO Photo News

Mr Thomas Pelletier, Country Manager, CFAO Nigeria introducing the first Fuso Truck assembled in Lagos during the official commissioning of Fuso Assembly Plant in Lagos on Thursday