CAP defies covid-19 pandemic, records 3.5% growth in revenue to N8.7bn
…Declares 210 kobo dividend By Peter Egwuatu Despite the coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic, Chemical and Allied Products, CAP Plc, has recorded revenue of N8.7 billion in its audited results for the year ended December 31, 2020, representing a growth of 3.9 per cent from N8.4 billion in the corresponding period of 2019. This is driven by […]
Plateau Courts shut as workers join nationwide strike action
By Marie-Therese Nanlong Courts in Plateau State were under locks as judiciary workers in the State join the nationwide industrial action by their union in pursuance to their agelong demand for autonomy of the judiciary. Those who had cases and went to the different courts after the Easter celebration were disappointed as they were not […]
Worrisome state of LG in Nigeria, handiwork of corrupt politicians, Obasanjo
By James Ogunnaike Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday, attributed the worrisome state of local government administration in the country to corruption on the part of the nation’s politicians Obasanjo who said this in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital when he played host to the National President of the National Union of Local Government Employees […]
TRIBUTE: We must hold on to optimism ― Innocent Chukwuma
Okechukwu Nwanguma 12.39 pm, Saturday, 3rd April, 2021. That was when I last spoke with my friend, Innocent Chukwuma. My calling him was prompted by the disturbing information I just then received from Dr Chidi Odinkalu that Innocent was unwell and that his condition appeared to be serious. I was alarmed and wasn’t sure if […]
TRIBUTE: Nduka Otiono on passing of Innocent Chukwuma
How to believe that Nigeria’s prominent civil society leader, Innocent C. Chukwuma, is gone at 56! Among other important unfinished business–he still had a lot to give–was the conversation he began with me only six weeks ago concerning an important family matter hanging in the balance! I first met Innocent during his Civil Liberties Organization […]
Just in: Nigeria loses another lawmaker
Rep. Suleiman Lere (APC-Kaduna State) has died at the age of 53. Mr Tukur Maibindiga, his Personal Assistant, disclosed this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. Maibindiga said that lawmaker who represented Lere Federal Constituency, died at the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna State after a brief illness. Lere was sworn-in in February […]
