Putin thanks Trump for intel that helped foil attacks on Russian soil
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Sunday thanked United States counterpart Donald Trump for intelligence that helped to foil attacks on Russian soil, the Kremlin said. Putin thanked Trump “for the transfer, through special services, of information allowing the prevention of terrorist acts in Russia,” the president’s office said in a statement. Russia’s FSB, a successor […]
New Year, new trouble: Oshiomhole faces fresh Edo palaver
A few hours to the New Year, more troubles seem to be coming the way of the embattled National Chairman of the APC, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole. A chieftain of the APC, Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, vowed on Sunday that he would stage “a massive Oshiomhole Must Go Protest nationwide’’ early in the New Year. “I’m championing […]
A fitting helmsman at the DPR
THE recent announcement of Sarki Auwalu as the substantive Director, Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, would hardly trigger a shock in the minds of many ardent watchers of that critical revenue-generating agency. On the contrary, to those who have always desired a new dawn in the agency, it was one invigorating piece of news.
Low purchasing power, political uncertainty mar rights issues in 2019
AS the capital market closes the 2019 trading year tomorrow, the two-year negative sentiment on capital raising by quoted companies in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has suffered 89.7 percent decline to N34.9 billion 2019 from N340 billion recorded at the end of 2017.
Only verified constituency projects’ll attract payments —FG
ABUJA—It will no longer be business as usual with taking public funds in the name of Constituency Projects, as the Federal Government has planned that beginning from 2020 fiscal year, only verified constituency projects would attract payments from the treasury.
Analysts expect slow growth to persist with pressures on reserves, prices
FSDH Merchant Bank has said that growth in 2020 is expected to remain slow with pressure on the reserves and prices.
MASSOB denies plot to attack DSS in Anambra
Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, yesterday, disassociated itself from the rumoured plan to attack the Anambra State office of Department of State Services, DSS, by pro-Biafra agitators.
Merger: NSE suspends trading on shares of CCNN
THE Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE, has placed the shares of Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) on full suspension ahead of its merger with Obu Cement. The merger with Obu Cement, both subsidiaries of Bua Group, would create Nigeria’s second largest cement producer.
African Alliance shareholders support moves for recapitalization drive
SHAREHOLDERS of African Alliance Plc have thrown their support to the board and management of the company in their ongoing quest to reposition the firm and ensure it is fully recapitalized before the deadline specified by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM).
At last, freedom for Dasuki, Sowore
AS night fell on Tuesday, December 24, 2019, news came that two of Nigeria’s prisoners of conscience: retired Col. Sambo Dasuki and SaharaReporters publisher, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, had been set free from detention by the Federal Government.
Union Bank charity spreads xmas joy to communities
Union Bank has embarked on its 2019 UnionCares charity drive, spreading cheer to the less privileged and putting smiles on the faces of thousands across the country. This is in line with the financial institution’s commitment to support the communities within which it operates.
