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Tunji Braithwaite Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday expressed sadness at the demise of a frontline social crusader, statesman  and politician, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite. In a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, Saraki recalled the doggedness and commitment of Dr. Braithwaite to nation building during his lifetime […]

Nigeria’s main opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has issued a statement clarifying that the local government and ward caretaker committees have not been dissolved by the party in Imo State contrary to speculations. Below is the PDP statement. PDP Press Statement The attention of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (right), commiserating with widow of late Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, Mrs. Grace Braithwaite during his condolence visit to the family at their residence in Lagos on Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (right), commiserating with widow of late Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, Mrs. Grace Braithwaite during his […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday paid a condolence visit to the family of late elder statesman and legal luminary, Dr. Tunji Braithwaite. The governor said the late Braithwaite’s contributions to the emancipation of the masses and constitutional development in Nigeria would remain indelible. Mr. Ambode, who visited the family House of the […]

The Minister for State for Petroleum and the GMD of NNPC Dr Ibe Kachikwu has said that the government is trying to get Oil Majors to sell dollars to fuel importers. The Minister mentioned this at a senate hearing where he faced questions over his handling of the fuel crisis. He had identified lack of […]

General Electric, (GE) has joined forces with the U.S and Nigerian governments to help reduce maternal and child deaths in Nigeria.Nigeria which is the most populous country in Africa, contributes to about 10 percent of global maternal, infant and child deaths. The World Health Organisation (WHO) states that 45 000 women die in childbirth every […]

FCMB 2015 FY RESULTS Income statement (N‘ million)* FY 15 FY 14 YoY growth % of FY 15E forecasts Q4 15 Q3 15 QoQ Gross Earnings 152,508 148,637 2.6% 107% 43,214 31,941 35.3%   Net interest income 63,937 72,634 -12.0% 92% 15,227 14,274 6.7%   Non-interest revenue 25,760 28,185 -8.6% 96% 6,131 7,099 -13.6%   Operating […]Read More

Unilever Nigeria Plc released its 2015 full year results revealing profit after taxes dropped by 51% to N1.9 billion. Profits have now dropped by about 80% since 2012 when it last crossed N5.5 billion. Unilever share price has dropped from a high of N65.9 in mid 2013 to about N30 today. The 50% drop is […]

Mart Resources, Inc. (TSX: MMT) (“Mart” or the “Company”) has announced the closure of the previously announced plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) with Midwestern Oil & Gas Company Limited (“Midwestern”), San Leon Energy Plc and 1038821 B.C. Ltd. (“Acquireco”). Pursuant to the Arrangement, Acquireco, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Midwestern, acquired all of the issued […]Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari, today, left for Washington DC to meet with other world leaders attending the 4th Nuclear Security Summit scheduled to kick-off tomorrow. The purpose of the summit is to address the threat of nuclear terrorism to global security through international cooperation, secure vulnerable nuclear materials, break up black markets, detect and intercept illicit […]

Submitted by ‘Jeremiah Johnson’, retired Green Beret, via SHTFPlan.com, Many of the things that are happening this very moment have direct parallels in literature of the past.  Whether it is an account such as the “Gulag Archipelago” by Solzhenitsyn or a work of “fiction” such as “1984” by George Orwell is irrelevant.  Elements of the […]Read More

Cameroonian security forces shot and killed a suicide bomber on Wednesday morning and found three explosives wrapped around her body, a report said, barely a week after another suicide bomber claiming to be one of the girls kidnapped in Chibok two years ago was arrested with explosives all over her body in Cameroon’s far north. […]