Niger Insurance Plc, one of the leading insurance companies listed on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange has said that with the expected injection of fresh funds into its operations, the company was poised to refocus and rebuild its investment po...
Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc has posted a 55 per cent growth in gross premium during the second quarter ended June 30, 2011. The operating results for the second quarter which was released on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange last week showed a...
Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), has floated a micro-credit scheme for the empowerment of women and youths in his constituency. Ndoma-Egba who represents the Central Senatorial District of Cross River, disclosed this in an interview with the New...
Two sisters on Saturday, died in a flood following a heavy downpour in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported.The sisters, Joy, three and Ifeoma, five, both children of Mr and Mrs Raymond Nwakuma, died...
Former President, Shehu Shagari has stressed the need for Nigeria to remain united irrespective of the religious, ethnic and political differences of the people. The second republic president stated this on Saturday when he hosted the Sokoto state gove...
The United States Embassy in Nigeria is to offer free medical services to communities in Gboko local government area of Benue state.The leader of the team, Mr. Arevalo Reuben while on a working visit to the state disclosed that a group of programme coo...
A United States-based researcher, Dr (Mrs) Aladi Kingsley has hailed the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Benue State for its recent ruling on the alleged certificate forgery made against the Governor Gabriel Suwam by the opposition p...
Niger Staten Governor Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu has ordered the management of the State Polytechnic, Zungeru to sack all unqualified lecturers of the polytechnic in line with the teaching standard set by the profession. Aliyu, in an interactive sess...
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has urged the House of Representatives to enact necessary legislations to facilitate the creation of mortgages in Nigeria and consequently increase the rate of housing delivery in the country. Managing Direct...
Acting on the alleged rot and monumental fraud going in the petroleum and gas sector, the leadership of the House of Representatives has moved to set up an ad hoc committee that would investigate the sector with a view to correcting the problems bedevi...
The Chairman, Chanchangi Airlines Nigeria Limited, Alhaji Ahmadu Chanchangi has denied sponsoring the Islamic sect, Boko Haram. A magazine publication had mentioned him among one of the men behind the Boko Haram terror group. Chanchangi stated this whi...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has led a Kenya-based American investor to inspect about 30,000 hectares of marshy land in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State for possible commercial rice cultivation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report...
Executive secretary of the Nigerian Copyright Commision, Mr. Bayo Atoyebi has said that piracy has turned rights owner of works into paupers. Bayo in his opening remark at the one day training workshop for management and staff of the Nigerian Press Cou...
Nigeria is vulnerable to food crisis like any other country in the world, the President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), an agency of the UN, Dr Kanayo Nwanze has warned. He gave the warning yesterday in Abuja when he featured...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained why it has delayed prosecuting key players who allegedly masterminded the shady privatisation and commercialisation of government business concerns across the country. Speaking with LEAD...