Enugu poisoned meat: Two dead, others hospitalized
TWO persons reportedly died while several others have been hospitalized after eating a dead pig during a funeral ceremony at Amaegbu village, Ede Oballa community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu state.
President Zuma for Afcon draw
President Jacob Zuma will attend the Africa Cup of Nations final draw in Durban next week, local organising committee chairman Chief Mwelo Nonkonyane said on Thursday.
Shareholders oppose Cornerstone, Linkage merger move
…Say mergers have never benefited shareholders
Over 20,000 shareholders of Linkage Assurance Plc have warned the Board and Management of the company to discontinue any merger plan with Cornerstone Insurance Plc, saying that the purported merger plan will not benefit shareholders.
Investment value on NSE appreciates by N2.7bn
A marginal increase was recorded in investors’ holding on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, last week, as the value of listed equities appreciated by N2.71 billion.
AMCON, Bank lending and jobs – 2
“Why is it that the principles of economics which work anywhere else in the world don’t work in Nigeria”, asked President Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, out of exasperation in the 1990s. In my letter to the Guardian Editor, my reply to IBB, was simple. The principles of economics presumed that the people adopting them are reasonable and honest.
2012 budget: Lagos records 72% third quarter performance
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has disclosed that the budget for the 2012 fiscal year, pegged at N49 billion has recorded 72 per cent cumulative third quarter performance.
