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January 24, 2017 No Responses

WFTU President arrives in Nigeria, to interact with trade union leaders

The President of World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), Comrade Mzwandile Michael Makwayiba arrived in Lagos, Nigeria on Monday on a three day working visit. On Tuesday, 24th January, Makwayiba is scheduled to meet with Nigerian affiliates and other leaders...

January 23, 2017 No Responses

‘Collaboration between Executive, Judiciary key to quicken dispensation of Justice’

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the revitalized collaboration between the Executive and the Judiciary under the present administration will quicken the dispensation of justice in the country and ensure there is no hidi...

January 23, 2017 No Responses

Mauritius Prime Minister to hand over to son

(BBC) Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth says he is stepping down to hand power to his son, Pravind. The 86-year-old first became prime minister in 1982, beginning a third spell as leader in 2014. In a televised address Mr Jugnauth...

January 22, 2017 No Responses

Yahya Jammeh leaves Gambia

(BBC) Gambia’s former President Yahya Jammeh has left the country in the wake of elections that ousted him after 22 years in power. He boarded a plane to Guinea and from there will travel on to exile in Equatorial Guinea,...

January 21, 2017 No Responses

BMW, Daimler to expand purchasing deal

(Auto News) BMW Group plans to expand its cooperation with Daimler in purchasing components, the automaker’s new head of purchasing, Markus Duesmann, said in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. “It’s not been fully exploited...

January 20, 2017 No Responses

Edo inaugurates committee on Gelegele Seaport

EDO State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has inaugurated the technical committee on the development of Gelegele Seaport. The committee which has Mr. Greg Ero as chairman is expected to come up with a master plan for the development of the...

January 18, 2017 No Responses

United Capital , Societe Generale, others upport African SMEs with €77m

United Capital Plc has partnered with global financial and corporate institutions to set up a Franco-African Investment Fund (FFA), with investible funds of 77 million euro. The aim of the fund is to accelerate the growth of innovative and entrepreneurial...

January 18, 2017 No Responses

Airtel to Premiere Touching Lives Season 3 on February 4th

Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, will hold an exclusive VVIP event on Saturday, 4th of February, 2017, to premiere the third edition of its CSR initiative, Airtel Touching Lives. The premiere, which will hold at the Eko Hotel &...

January 18, 2017 No Responses

LADOL joins world business leaders to promote $12 tri economic development targets

The Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics base (LADOL), has joined notable world business promoters in quest of developing a sustainable business outlook that is expected to unlock over US$12 trillion in new market value as well as repair the global economic...

January 17, 2017 No Responses

Investors get N30b unclaimed dividends as SEC extends free registration period

Over N30 Billion has so far been paid to investors in the Nigerian capital market from the backlog of unclaimed dividend, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has said. Meanwhile, to further reduce the unclaimed dividends profile and curb its...

January 16, 2017 No Responses

FG warns against sales of SIP forms

No scheme under the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programmes (SIP) attracts an application fee. Also on Sunday, the Federal Government advised Nigerians to refuse paying anyone money, adding that five more states would be joing in the implementa...

January 16, 2017 No Responses

Kaduna targets N50.2b IGR in 2017

The Chairman of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KDIRS), Muktar Ahmed, said the state government generated more than N17 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2016. He told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Sunday that...

January 16, 2017 No Responses

Atiku extols supreme sacrifices of Nigerian military

Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar commends the remarkable, incredible, unflagging and patriotic sacrifices of our military personnel in the line of duty and in the defence of the country. The former Vice Presid...

January 16, 2017 No Responses

NPA boss visits widow of LASTMA officer, tasks Police on Killers

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authourity (NPA), Ms Hadiza Bala Usman has appealed to the Nigeria Police to intensify efforts to arrest killers of an official of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr. Surajudeen Bakare. The.....