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Sahara Group Strengthens Downstream Business with Appointments Sahara Group has announced a series of strategic appointments aimed at advancing the expansion of the group’s downstream business in Africa. The company has announced the appointment of Foluso Sobanjo as the company’s Head: Africa Downstream while Yaa Serwaa Alifo has been appointed Head: Sahara Downstream in Ghana. […]

Equities Investors Lose N69bn as Financial Stocks Fall The equities market capitalisation of the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) dipped by more than N69 billion on Tuesday as investors began fresh profit taking in the local bourse. The Nigerian domestic market closed trading activities negative for second day after some N950 billion was reported as gain last […]

Alpha Mead Registers N5bn Commercial Paper Programme on FMDQ Alpha Mead Facilities & Management Services Limited has registered N5 billion commercial paper programme on FMDQ platform, according to an official statement. According to the notice, the registration of this the company commercial paper programme, sponsored by Pathway Advisors Limited, allows Alpha Mead Facilities to efficiently […]

Projects: Dangote, Lafarge, BUA to See Solid Growth in 2024 –Analysts Nigeria’s cement companies are expected to see better growth performance in 2024 as government ramp up capital projects spending.  The first three months of the year results showed that performance shrank when compare with fourth quarter of 2024. On year on year basis, the […]

IATA Partners Emirates, Airbus on CBTA The International Air Transport Association (IATA), Emirates, and Airbus have joined forces to deliver a Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA) programme for the Airbus A350 type rating. Mr Nick Careen, IATA’s SVP for Operations, Safety and Security, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Careen said that this was […]

Stranded Super Eagles Players now in Uyo – Olajire Ademola Olajire, Director of Communications, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Tuesday confirmed that the stranded Super Eagles players in Lagos and Abuja had arrived Uyo, capital of Akwa Ibom. The News Agency reports that some of the Super Eagles players were said to have challenges joining […]

(Reuters) – The prosecution laid out its case on Tuesday in the historic criminal trial of Hunter Biden on gun charges, telling jurors that President Joe Biden’s son was a drug addict who lied on paperwork to obtain a revolver and that “no one is above the law.” Jurors in federal court in Delaware heard […]

The Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has appointed Prof. Chidi Odinkalu as Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of the state-owned university, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Igbariam. In a statement on Tuesday, Soludo’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime, said the new Council, assembled with a focus on excellence, integrity and strategic leadership, will provide guidance and oversight for the […]

Governor of Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal has inaugurated Agro Rangers Consolidation Squad under the state Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) with a view to strengthen the fight against insecurity and crime waves in the state. Governor Lawal who charged the Rangers to be resilient and steadfast in ensuring that peace […]

The Auchi branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has announced its decision to boycott the forthcoming Annual General Conference scheduled for August 2024. The resolution was reached during a meeting held on Saturday, June 1, 2024, where members expressed their dissatisfaction with the National Executive Council’s decision to increase the conference registration fee without […]

*Promises Rewards For Whistleblowers On Destroyers The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has condemned the destruction of the expansion joints used to absorb thermal expansions on the recently commissioned 2nd Niger Bridge by unknown vandals. Describing the act as a cruel sabotage of a national asset, the Minister expressed regret that the bridge was being […]

A 25-year-old car washer, Olamide Quadri, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly crushing a pedestrian to death and injuring three others in Mushin area of the state. It was learnt that the suspect who is a car washman, was driving the car given to him by a customer to wash […]