Daily Archives: January 1, 2013
Access, First Bank, 3 others record N17bn unclaimed dividends
Returns filed by capital market registrars for third quarter 2012 showed that as at September 30, top five companies, Access Bank, First Bank, UACN Plc., Nestle Plc. and Fidelity Bank have the highest amount of unclaimed dividends, valued at N11.191 ... Read More »
Sambo urges Kaduna monarchs to support Yero
Vice President Mohammed Namadi Sambo yesterday hosted traditional chiefs of Kaduna State to a special meeting, soliciting their support for the new Governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero Read More »
Okoku wants Eagles’ defence organised
Former Green Eagles player and an Africa Nations Cup silver medalist, Paul Okoku, has said Nigeria has all it takes to win the Nations Cup scheduled to kick off next month if Coach Stephen Keshi fortifies his defence before the ... Read More »
PDP in 2012: A year of electoral misfortune and anti-party activities
Wadata Plaza, the national secretariat of the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party, [PDP] was a beehive of activities in 2012: it would remain an eventful year, albeit, with certain misadventures by the party that prides itself as the largest political party ... Read More »
Warri agog as GKS celebrates feast of tabernacles
Warri, a popular town in Delta State, was agog for a week when thousands of people from Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Liberia, United Kingdom, United States, Canada and other places converged on the Salem City, Warri-Sapele Road. It was the annual ... Read More »
Police bust Imo kidnap ring
Suspected kidnappers of the Nollywood actress and the Special Assistant to Governor Rochas Okorocha on Public Affairs, Miss Nkiru Sylvanus were yesterday paraded, as the police busted the criminal abduction ring in Imo State. Also paraded were four suspects who ... Read More »
Jonathan lists priorities in 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan has said his administration will give priority to flood and erosion control, rehabilitation and expansion of federal roads, improved power supply, as well as the continued rehabilitation, upgrading and reactivation of the national rail network in Read More »
Wada ‘ll bounce back soon – Doctor
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday visited Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State, at the Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja where he is recuperating from the injuries he sustained in last Friday’s car crash. The President who arrived the private hospital in Garki Read More »
Why Boko Haram persists, by FG
Minister of Information Labaran Maku has given reasons the Federal Government has not been able to stop Boko Haram, the Islamist sect. Speaking during a media chat yesterday in Abuja, Maku said that “the faceless nature of the group who ... Read More »
