Shareholders canvass investment opportunities as banks divest
AS the December 2012 deadline given to banks to divest from all non banking activities by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) gradually draws near, shareholders of quoted insurance companies have called on regulatory bodies in the financial sector to protect their interests.
Pastor rapes 12-yr-old chorister
Sapele-Police in Edo State have arrested a pastor who allegedly raped a 12-year-old choir member of his church at Afuda in Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area of the state.
Bamanga Tukur: A vista of hope for PDP
IN a remarkable commitment to the sustenance of its zoning and rotational arrangement, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in a bid to deepen the roots of democracy in the country and also maintain its vast electoral fortune has zoned the position of its National Chairman to the North East geo-political zone of the federation.
Bayelsa guber: Am entitled to waiver, says Alaibe
ABUJA-FORMER Managing Director of Niger Delta Develop-ment Commission, NDDC, Chief Timi Alaibe, Tuesday, submitted his expression of interest and nomination forms for Bayelsa governorship ticket of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of the primaries, with a vow that getting the waiver was his entitlement as a founding member of the party.
Passenger stabbed to death over N20 balance
COMMERCIAL activities at the popular Iyana-Ipaja, under Alimosho Local Council Development Area of Lagos State were disrupted, Monday, following the screeching of tyres of a mini bus, with the bus driver jumping out almost immediately.
NigComSat hosts satellite pre-launch confab
As prelude to the launch of its replacement satellite, NigComSat 1R, in December, Nigeria’s premier communications satellite company, NIGCOMSAT will hold a series of roadshows and interactive sessions with stakeholders in Lagos.
