Law Union and Rock Insurance Plc recorded a 14.65 per cent growth in gross premium for the financial year ended December 31, 2010. According to the financial results announced by the management at its 42nd Annual General Meeting in Lagos, the company r...
Continental Reinsurance Plc has posted a 36 per cent decline in profit after tax during second quarter ended June 30, 2011. In filings from the Nigerian Stock Exchange(NSE), the unaudited result for the second quarter showed a profit after tax of N540....
Nigeria and Chelsea star John Obi Mikel's father has been kidnapped , according to his management. Michael Obi has not been seen or heard from since he failed to return home from work on Friday in Jos, Plateau State. "John Obi Mikel's fath...
Presidency has finally given approval for the payment of housing allowance to all registered ex-militants that have passed through the Amnesty non violence training programme in Obubra, Cross River.This was disclosed in Obubra, Cross River State by the...
Hypertension has killed lots of Nigerian over theyears, both adults and young people. But how can it be treated? A family health physician, Dr. Sunny Ekwunife was of the view that high blood pressure is poorly diagnosed by doctors. According to him, th...
Three years ago, precisely on August 14, 2008, 11.00am, Nigerian government handed over Bakassi Peninsular to Cameroon following a ruling by the the International Court of Justice at the Hague, The Netherlands. The victims of that singular action have ...
Malvina Longpet gained instant fame on the last edition of the reality TV show, Big Brother, after making the final seven in the house. BOBOYE ONDUKU, tells the full story of a day’s encounter with this new celebrity. 9:57 am After putting a call...
Ishaka Bawa is the chief whip of the House of Representatives. In this interview with TORDUE SALEM, the Taraba State-born lawmaker, who represents Wukari/Ibi federal constituency, speaks on the revocation of licenses of banks by the CBN, the call by fo...
Following the death of nollywood icon, sam loco-efe, the Kaduna state governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, has commiserated with the Edo State government and the family of the star. He described his demise as “untimely”. The governor, in a sta...
Aliyu Attah is a former Inspector-General of Police. In this interview with SHUAIB SHUAIB, he speaks on: the desirability of state police, the reform the police, the rotation of political offices, his tenure as police boss, and other issues of national...
1 Thessalonians 5:19-21The commands in these short verses are clear and easy to remember. They are also timeless and timely; timeless, because every generation of God’s people always had deceivers eager to lead them astray, and timely, because th...
Another round of rumours of the death of the Ikemba Nnewi and Ezeigbo Gburugburu, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, was rife all over the country last Wednesday. LEADERSHIP SUNDAY’S DAVID-CHYDDY ELEKE, in this piece, takes a look at the latest fal...
Once known for her agricultural competence and ability to provide for her people, Nigeria currently rates among the least agriculturally self-sufficient nations. Almost all goods in her markets are imported. GRACE AZUBUIKE takes a critical look at how ...
The ongoing probe of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) by the Senate has exposed nauseating rot and high level of profligacy in governance. UCHENNA AWOM and CHIBUZO UKAIBE in this analysis, give an insight into the mind boggling expose of how the ...
When he started as an upcoming artiste many where not sure the producer-singer would go far with his kind of music. He watched as many friends got record deals, travelled to Lagos and over the seas, as they made it ‘big’, buying flashy cars...