New Union Dicon Salt mgt assures shareholders of improved performance
The newly constituted management of Union Dicon Salt (UDS) has assured their shareholders of improving the performance of the company in the coming years.
Lagos to introduce insurance scheme, uniform for butchers
Lagos State Government said it has concluded plans to float an insurance scheme as well as introduce mandatory uniform for butchers in the state. The scheme which is expected to cover all the accredited abattoirs and meat markets is part of the ongoing comprehensive reform of meat processing and distribution in the state
Kaduna set to disburse N1bn loan to farmers
Kaduna State government has concluded plans to disburse one billion naira loan to its farmers
Stop your Voodoo polling, Presidency tells APC.
The Presidency Sunday dismissed as ‘voodoo and quackery’ the purported poll results which the All Progressive Congress said it conducted that shows the popularity rating of President Goodluck Jonathan as being lower than that of a yet to be named candidate of the APC.
Boko Haram: Northern govs assure on peace
Northern States Governors’ Forum on Sunday assured Nigerians, especially those living in the troubled North Eastern states, that a lot was being done to guarantee peace in the area.
MFM Football Club delighted over defeat of Stationery Stores
Nduka Ugbade, Head Coach of MFM Football Club, says he is delighted over his club’s defeat of Stationery Stores of Lagos in the 2013/2014 Nigeria National League (NNL).
NLC condemns Boko Haram activities in Yobe, Adamawa
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Sunday condemned last week’s massacre of students of the Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, in Yobe.
20,000 Nigerians obtained visas to China in 2013 – Envoy
Mr Liu Kan, Consul-General of the Peoples Republic of China Consulate in Lagos, on Sunday said that 20,000 Nigerians were issued visas to China in 2013.
Boko Haram: Northern govs assure Nigerians of peace efforts
Northern States Governors’ Forum on Sunday assured Nigerians, especially those living in the troubled North Eastern states, that a lot was being done to guarantee peace in the area.
Boko Haram is everyone’s responsibility
THE senseless massacre of innocent students at the Federal Government College, Yobe, on monday February 24, 2014, has again brought to fore, the hopelessness of our defense capabilities.
Mark canvasses severe punishment for kidnappers
The Senate President, David Mark, on Sunday renewed his call for stringent punishment for kidnappers to keep them out of circulation from other human beings.
Nnamani returns to PDP, to vie for Enugu East senatorial seat
FORMER Governor of Enugu State, Senator Dr. Chimaroke Nnamani, has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, four years after he left the party and founded the Peoples Democratic Change, PDC on the platform of which he contested the 2011 senatorial election for Enugu East.
JTF arrests 8 suspected oil thieves in Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta and Edo
Joint Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta, Operation Pulo Shield, on Sunday said that it arrested eight suspected oil thieves and destroyed 17 illegal refineries in multiple raids.
Clerics seek divine intervention to insecurity
The Secretary, Pentecostal Fellowship Association of Nigeria (PFAN), Mr Tolulope Taiwo, on Sunday, called for national prayers by Christian and Muslim clerics over the current security challenge facing the country.
SURE-P paid N18m to beneficiaries in 2013 under CCT, says Alfa
The Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment programme (SURE-P) paid N18 million to 15, 000 beneficiaries under the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme in 2013, Hajia Halima Alfa, has said.
Brazil 2014: Laloko calls for judicious use of FG’s N1.6 bn grant
Former Technical Director, Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Chief Kasimawo Laloko, on Sunday advised the association to judiciously use the Federal Government’s grant for the execution of Super Eagles World Cup campaign in Brazil.
