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- 4 Jan 2021
Atiku Sells Intels Shares for $60m
Intels Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s oil and gas logistics firm, has said it has severed ties with Atiku Abubakar, former vice president, who was one of its major shareholders. Atiku Abubakar Intels…
- 10 Jul 2022
Atiku Pledges to Continue Digitisation of Nigeria, Provides Enablement for Youth to Prosper
The former Vice President, under the Chief Olusegun Obasanjo democratic government, (1999-2007), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Waziri Adamawa and presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (…
- 1 Feb 2019
The Economist Taps Atiku as Next President
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has again predicted that Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will win the February 16 election. EIU is the…
- 16 Apr 2019
Atiku to Tap Microsoft, IBM Experts to Authenticate INEC Servers
Atiku Abubakar,presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election, is set to call Microsoft, IBM and Oracle experts to authenticate his claim that the servers belonging…
- 1 Jun 2022
ATCON Sets June 9 for its Conference on Actualization of National Broadband Target of 70%
The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has announced Thursday, June 9, 2022 as date for one of its flagship events – National Strategic Mobilization for the Actualization…
- 15 Jun 2020
GBfoods Completes N20 Billion Tomato Processing Factory in Kebbi
GBfoods, a global leader in culinary product manufacturing, in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kebbi State Government and the Emirate of Yauri recently built a N20 billion tomato…
- 29 May 2015
Adesina Wins AfDB Presidency
Akinwumi Adesina yesterday became the eighth President of the Africa Development Bank (AfDB) after winning in a tight race. Cape Verde’s Cristina Duarte, the first woman to seek the post, Chad’s…
- 12 Dec 2014
Buhari, Jonathan Race for Soul of Nigeria
It’s now official. Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) is the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate for the February 2015 election. According to Punch, he defeated four other APC aspirants…
- 13 Jun 2015
Fashola, Amaechi, Others May Make Buhari’s Cabinet
Immediate past governors of Lagos and Rivers states, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and Mr. Rotimi Amaechi respectively; a former governor of Ekiti State, Engineer Segun Oni and Education minister in the…
- 2 Feb 2022
Fidelity Bank Finances Ultra-Modern Rice Milling Factory
Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has joined Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, and a host of dignitaries including two state governors…
- 28 Feb 2019
Buhari to Sack Cabinet, Plans to Inject Fresh Blood
President Muhammadu Buhari will likely dissolve his cabinet before his inauguration for a second term in office. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Buhari won his…
- 4 Apr 2013
el-Rufai Responsible for Nitel’s Death, Former Workers Claim
Some former chief executives, union members and retirees of failed national carrier, the Nigeria Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) have joined the war of words over the failure of national carrier…
- 21 Jun 2016
Fayose Fingers Buhari’s Wife in Jefferson Bribery Scandal
Ayodele Fayose, Ekiti State governor on Monday revived a controversy surrounding the role played by Aisha, President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, in the messy bribery scandal involving Williams…
- 1 Apr 2013
Atiku, el-Rufai Trade Words over Killing of Nitel
Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, former director general, Bureau for Public Enterprise (BPE) under whose watch the controversial contractual agreement with Pentascope, a Dutch firm to manage Nitel , Nigeria’s…
- 9 Feb 2016
Dana Air Dispels Rumours of Attempted Bomb Attack on Aircraft
Dana Airline yesterday dispelled the rumour making the round of an attempted bomb attack on one of its aircraft at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, according to Vanguard Mr. Kingsley Ezenwa,…
- 3 Feb 2023
NBC Fines Arise TV, TVC N2m over Breach of Broadcast Code
National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Arise News TV and TVC N2 million each for allegedly breaching the national broadcasting code in the countdown to the 2023 general elections. Balarabe…
- 12 Nov 2019
Outcry over Bill Seeking Death Penalty for Hate Speech
A bill that seeks death penalty and the establishment of an agency to check hate speech, has sparked varied assortments of condemnations from Nigerians with some describing it as draconian The…
- 28 Sept 2022
Union Bank, Firm Partner on Financial Inclusion Drive
Union Bank in its commitment to driving financial inclusion in Nigeria, has partnered with WACOT Rice Limited, a rice processing company, to financially include 6,000 local small-scale farmers in…
- 30 Nov 2009
Transforming Lives, Impacting Society the Zinox Way
Zinox Technologies Limited, Nigeria’s IT victory has built has built a corporate self-regulation mechanism otherwise corporate social responsibility fully integrated into its business model.…
- 12 Jan 2022
Chevron Nigeria Local Content Drive: A Credit to President Buhari and Dr. Pantami
By Bode S. Ojerinde - Ph.D I read with mixed feelings the piece on Chevron Nigeria and its firm belief and support for local content promotion, notably its many years of patronizing Zinox, an…
- 25 May 2021
WACOT Rice to Create 60,000 Jobs through Argungu Project
WACOT Rice Limited, a subsidiary of TGI Group which is based in Argungu, Kebbi State, will create 60,000 jobs across Nigeria and West Africa through its partnership with the USAID on the rice…
- 9 Oct 2018
Why We are Hosting Editors’ cCnference – Delta State Govt
Delta State government said it is hosting this year’s All Nigeria Editors’ Conference, the flagship annual conference organized by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), because it believes that the…
- 26 Mar 2016
CBN in Trouble for Recruiting PMB Relatives, Others
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has come under attack by some civil society leaders and lawyers who accused managment of the apex bank of secretly recruiting dozens of family members of top government…
- 10 Nov 2023
CBN Orders Staff to Declare Links with Politically Exposed Persons
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed its staff members to declare their ‘close relatives’ in the employment of the bank. Premium Times reported that it sighted a memo by signed by Christian…
- 18 Dec 2014
Shekau, Boko Haram Leader Vows to Kill Sanusi, Emir of Kano
Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram leader, has threatened to attack Muhummadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano, in retaliation for the Emir’s call on Kano residents and other Nigerians to arm and defend themselves…