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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, yesterday affirmed the decision of the Niger State Election Petition Tribunal which upheld the election of Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu as the winner of the April 26,2011 governorship election in the state...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sold N64.56 billion worth of 91-day and 182-day treasury bills yesterday, the bank said in a statement. The statement said that the instruments were sold on Wednesday, December 28.It said that out of the amount, it sol...
Shareholders have overwhelmingly endorsed the new holding structure of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, the pan African financial services Group with presence in 19 countries across Africa. At the meeting held in Lagos yesterday, shareholders unan...
DAAR Communications, owners of RAYPOWER FM, AIT, and DAARsat, yesterday announced a turnover of N4.825 billion in its 2010 operations. This is even as the company also disclosed that the federal government was yet to pay the outstanding debt owed it fo...
National operator and the nation’s wholly indigenous telecommunication network, Globacom, has concluded the donation of cash and consumable materials to inmates of 40 orphanages across Nigeria in celebration of the yuletide. The gesture was infor...
In pursuit of its agenda to empower Micro Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSME) as the main drivers of the economy, Diamond Bank Plc recently hosted entrepreneurs in Port Harcourt to a capacity building seminar – the 17th in the series since ...
The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, on Friday said that the deregulation of the downstream sector would create more jobs and grow the economy. Maku made the observation in Lagos at a one-day seminar on ``Deregulation of Petroleum Sector ...
The Federal Government is set to reverse the dependence on food imports and has projected the addition of 50 million tons of food to the nation’s food supply system between now and 2015. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Akinw...
A 20-year-old technician, Paul Pam, on Friday, appeared before a Jos Magistrates' Court charged with being in possession of dangerous weapons. Pam was arrested by a police patrol team along Gada-biyu area of Jos with a machete and a knife as he tri...
The Osun Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has honoured three officers for their outstanding display of honesty in operational matters. The officers; Messrs Elijah Adesina, Adeola Segun and Isaiah Owoh were honoured for d...
The Federal Government has sought the assistance of the World Bank for a $500 million loan to tackle gully erosion in seven states in the country. Mr. Adekunle Oshikoya, the Director of Flood and Erosion Control, Federal Ministry of Environment, disclo...
There are strong indications that the country may not meet the 5000 megawatts electricity power generation promised by the end of 2011. Official in Lagos said the power generation had even dropped further from 4,089.4 to 3, 881 megawatts. While Prof. B...
In another 24 hours, it would be the year 2012 and bye to the year 2011. BAYO OLADEJI and STANLEY NKWOCHA look back at 2011 and feature the politicians that made it thick, either for the wrong or right reasons. President Goodluck JonathanNo doubt, this...
Ten days after Nigeria Communication Satellite (NigComSat 1R), Nigeria’s replacement satellite re-entered into space , it has successfully entered into its permanent orbital home where In-Orbit Testing (IOT) has begun ahead commercial servi...
Former U-17 and U-20 coach, Sam John Obuh has revealed that the Nigeria Football Federation is the biggest culprit in the age cheat racket. He said the eradication of the menace of age cheating in football in Nigeria can only be tackled if the NFF puts...