Zamfara govt uncovers 119-year-old on its payroll
The Zamfara Government says it has uncovered a 119-year-old (name witheld) on its payroll while trying to sanitise its wage bill. The state Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Rabiu Garba, disclosed at a news conference on Sunday in Gusau that the centenarian is surprisingly collecting salary. Rabiu made this revelation while shading more light on the […]
AS Roma on verge of getting new owner
US billionaire Dan Friedkin is poised to buy a majority stake in Italian club Roma in a deal worth up to 780 million euros ($872 million), according to several reports in Italy on Sunday. The 54-year-old Texas-based businessman will imminently take over from a US consortium led by fellow American James Pallotta, who bought two-thirds […]
US businessman Friedkin set to buy AS Roma ― Reports
US billionaire Dan Friedkin is poised to buy a majority stake in Italian club Roma in a deal worth up to 780 million euros ($872 million), according to several reports in Italy on Sunday. The 54-year-old Texas-based businessman will imminently take over from a US consortium led by fellow American James Pallotta, who bought two-thirds […]
SEC phases out unclaimed dividends
The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, yesterday, said it has phased out unclaimed dividends in the Nigerian capital market, stating that henceforth, there would be no future unclaimed dividends on those currently being declared by companies.
Weapons: Ensure porous northern borders well-managed, Sen Fadahunsi tells FG
The Senator representing Osun East Senatorial District, Francis Fadahunsi has alleged that small and light weapons are being brought into Nigeria on the pretence of trading in cows, camels and donkeys in some market in the northern border towns. The former customs officer while speaking with Journalists disclosed that over 10,000 soldiers at the war […]
Nasarawa APC receives over 1,000 PDP, APGA defectors
More than 1,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and other political parties have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Wakama ward of Nasarawa State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defectors included former elected councillors as well as PDP ward chairmen and secretaries. […]
