$500m AfDB loan: FG commences withdrawal, sets up c’ttee
The federal government has activated and commenced access to a $500 million African Development Bank (AfDB) loan with the setting up of a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) committee in Abuja. The loan aimed solely as intervention for the power sector is to be released in tranches of $100 million. The setting up of the committee is one of the pre-conditions for drawing on the loan.
Driver docked over missing juice
A 32-year-old driver with Nigerian Bottling Company Plc, Wale Orisanmi, was, yesterday, arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate Court, for allegedly stealing 14 cartoons of Five Alive Juice, belonging to the firm.
Community policing: Sokoto residents expose Togolese with 316KG of marijuana
Residents of 500 Housing Estates, otherwise called ‘Bafarawa Quarters’ in Sokoto metropolis, recently demonstrated how communities can assist in fighting crime in their vicinity. It was at about 5.30am when they were going to the mosque to say their early morning prayers. They accosted a 15- year- old JSS II boy, Godwin Dominic who was brought from Aba to run errands for one of their neighbours identified as Mrs. Bola Balogun. He was in possession of two sacks popularly called Ghana Must Go.
Unclaimed Dividend: Unilever appeals to shareholders on e-dividend, e-bonus
Unilever Nigeria Plc has appealed to its shareholders to embrace the electronic dividend and electronic bonus as a solution to the problem of unclaimed dividend in the country.
Achebe remains arrive, begin final journey
AT 6. 00am yesterday, the remains of 82-year-old Nigeria’s literary icon Chinua Achebe, who died in a Boston hospital arrived Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja from his US-base. The body was released by government officials led by the Secretary to the Federal Government, Chief Anyim Pius Ayim.
Cult clash claims 2 in Lagos
Two people were feared dead, while others were injured, yesterday, when two rival cult groups clashed in Odo-Kekere area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.
