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The Board of Directors of the Nigerian Breweries Plc has announced an interim dividend of N7.93bn, translating to N1 per share for the nine months ended 30th September, 2016. The company’s Secretary/Legal Adviser, Mr. Uaboi Agbebaku, in a statement on Thursday, said that the interim dividend was declared in spite of the marginal decline in the […]Read More

The immediate past sole administrator of Kaura Local Government, Kaduna State, Ibrahim Baba has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment without option of fine. Mr. Baba was jailed for offences bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, the EFCC said in a statement on Thursday. The convict was arraigned before Justice Tukur Mu’azu of Kaduna […]

Candidate of the Modu Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, Jimoh Ibrahim has been selected as the official candidate of the party in Ondo State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revealed this in the final list publishe on Thursday. Ibrahim along with his deputy, Alabi Ebenezer Omotayo, was listed as candidate 21, among […]

The Justice Abdul Aboki-led panel of the appeal court on Thursday in Abuja again affirmed the jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to try the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on charges bordering on assets declaration breaches. CCT’s jurisdiction was affirmed after the appeal filed by Saraki challenging his trial before the tribunal was […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan’s spokesman, Rueben Abati has told the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he indeed collected the sum of N50 million from the former national security adviser Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd). Reuben Abati who is still in the custody of EFCC said he distributed the money as Sallah and Christmas gifts for […]

The hearing in the suit filed by Capt. Njimogu Ezinwo, a pilot of the defunct Nigeria Airways against the Attorney General of the Federation has been adjourned by the National Industrial Court Abuja for 29th November. Those in the suit are the Minister of Aviation and the Accountant General of the Federation. Ezinwo is challenging […]

Prof. Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande, nominated for the Chairmanship of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), says he will honour an invitation for screening by the Nigerian Senate after clearing with his current employer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), U S A. In a letter, dated 26th October, 2016, to the Chairman of the Senate Committee on […]

​The Federal Government says it will leverage on the power of Information and Communication Technology to constantly engage Nigerians on the policies and programmes of the present administration.  ​The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Mrs. Ayo Adesugba stated this in Asaba, Delta State on Thursday at the ongoing 46th meeting of the National Council on Information (NCI) with […]Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Presidential Committee on North East Initiative (PCNEI). The committee will oversee the restoration of the displaced people in the North Eastern part of the country.  The committee will be under the supervision of General Theophilus Danjuma (rtd). Speaking at the inauguration on Wednesday, the president urged the committee to […]

Senator Ali Modu Sheriff  faction of the Peoples Democratic Party has threatened to sue the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) if it fails to enforce the judgment of Justice Okon Abang of Federal High Court, Abuja, which recognised Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim as the party’s candidate for the 26th November governorship election in Ondo State. Prof. […]

Despite its earlier proposal to amend the Act establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the Nigerian Senate has suspended the idea to allow for adequate consultation with experts. A statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by spokesperson of JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said the Chairman, Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education, Aliyu Wamakko, represented by […]Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-renewal of Dr  Yemi Kale’s tenure as the Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), for another term of five years. He was first appointed in August 2011 for an initial five-year term. Before assuming office, he was the Special […]