The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday, accused the Emir of Kano, HH Muhammadu Sanusi, of attempting to reinvent the wheel of his false allegations against the corporation, advising the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to own up and apologise for his errors.

By Gabriel Olawale Nigerians have been urged to imbibe good oral health practice and shun self medication, particularly, in the case of oral health problems. Speaking during the 2015 World Oral Health Day organised by the Nigerian Dental Therapists’ Association, NDTA, the Registrar, Dental therapist Registration Board of Nigeria, Mrs. Araminde keshinro lamented the rate […]

CALABAR—FOLLOWING the invasion of his house, Wednesday, by gunmen who shot his police aide and took away his rifle, Chief Alex Egbona, Labour Party candidate for the Abi/Yakkur Federal Constituency, has said he was a target of an assassination plot.

It was an evening of fun when Baileys treated mothers to an exclusive tea party on the occasion of the 2015 Mothers’ Day celebration which held in Lagos over the weekend. Speaking at the event, which held at the Federal Palance Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, the Brand Manager of Baileys Nigeria, Ufuoma Udjoh said, the tea party was the first of its kind in Nigeria which replicated what obtains in Britain.

Reggae act, Patoranking dropped a bombshell during the week revealing that he would have become a criminal but for music. The reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter made this revelation while, speaking at a media parley organized by MTV Base. According to him, music saved him from becoming a criminal, ‘The slum is not a place that gives many options. There, it was either you make it the right way or the crime way but I chose music and it has worked for me’ he said.

DANGOTE Group has called on private investors to invest their money in the real sector of the economy, especially in manufacturing and agriculture. Devakumar Edwin, the Executive Director of Dangote Group, who made the call in Lagos, noted that while government has a big role to play in formation of the right policy to encourage investors; the business community has a bigger role to play by moving away from importation to production.

The Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce, NBCC, has blamed failed and abandoned projects littering every nook and cranny of the country on government’s policy somersaults. The President of NBCC, Prince Adeyemi Adefulu, made this assertion during a breakfast meeting organised by the chamber in Lagos.

The United States of America has thrown its weight behind the decision by the Independent National Electoral Commission to deploy card readers and permanent voter cards for the forthcoming elections in Nigeria.

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday, claimed to have uncovered what it claimed was a plot to frame its leaders into an alleged plot to surreptitiously import undeclared foreign currency into the country. The plot, according to the party, was to put its leaders in bad light and out of circulation in the crucial days leading to the presidential election.

FMDQ played host to the Banking & Finance Students’ Association of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, on March 16 & 17, 2015. This study tour provided an opportunity for the 400 level students to gain thorough insight into the scope and operations of FMDQ, and financial the market activities in general.

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once said, “Who from my Ummah (universal nation) would learn five qualities to act upon or teach to those who would (in turn) act upon them?” Abu Hurairah said, “I, O Messenger of God.” The Prophet (peace be upon him) took Abu Hurairah’s hand and counted the five qualities on it, saying:

The bloated body of a policeman, identified simply as Inspector Sapi-run, who jumped into the ocean in Lagos on Tuesday night was, Wednesday evening, recovered. The late Sapirun, who was reportedly attached to Dan Ocean Oil Company, according to eyewitnesses, was seen walking to and fro Ikoyi Bridge screaming that he wanted to die. Most people concluded that he was drunk.

As part of its corporate strategy to support sound health for mankind, Vitafoam Nigeria Plc, a quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE has pledged to expand its production of modern sleep products. Addressing journalists at a ceremony marking the 2015 World Sleep Day, the company’s Group Managing Director, Mr. Joel Ajiga explained that Vitafoam Nigeria had ventured into production and supply of flexible, semi-rigid and rigid polyurethane foam products leading to incorporation of more subsidiaries.

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) said the National Quality Infrastructure Project (NQIP) will assist Nigeria to diversify its economy to non-oil sector. UNIDO’s Project Coordinator, Mr. Charles Malata said the project will be useful to Nigeria as it spreads across several commodities in the country. He said the four years NQIP signed in 2013 has taken effect since May 2014 and is sponsored by EU with 12 million Euros already committed to cover its five components.

TWO registered voters, Amagada Onoriode and Osibi Ufuoma, have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, to disqualify Benjamin Essien as All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Isoko South I in the Delta State House of Assembly seat in the coming elections over alleged age falsification.