Osun bond oversubscribed – Bolorunduro
Osun State bond, which hit the capital market, on Thursday, has been oversubscribed by more than 100 per cent, the Commissioner for Finance and Budget Implementation, Dr. Wale Bolorunduro, has said....
View ArticleMarket gains deepen as index rises by 0.5%
Equity trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange continued on a positive note on Thursday, with major indicators recording significant appreciation. Specifically, the NSE All-Share Index rose...
View ArticleUBA shareholders approve new banking structure
In compliance with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Regulation on the Scope of Banking Activities and Ancillary Matters, shareholders of United Bank for Africa on Thursday approved the restructuring of...
View ArticleKidnappers release mother of finance minister
The kidnappers of Prof. Kamene Okonjo, mother of the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, have released her. The 82-year-old wife of the Obi of Ogwashi Uku in Delta State, Prof. Chukwuka...
View ArticleEx-Anglican Archbishop, Abiodun Adetiloye, dies at 82
A former Archbishop/Metropolitan of The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Dr. Joseph Abiodun Adetiloye, has died aged 82. PUNCH learnt that Adetiloye died in the early hours of Friday around...
View ArticleDbanj opens night club in Lagos
Popular Nigerian musician, Dapo Oyebanjo aka Dbanj, has joined the elite list of night club owners in Lagos. Dbanj confirmed this in a post on Twitter on Friday. He said the club, located on Adetokunbo...
View ArticleFIFA refuses to back Lionel Messi or Godfrey Chitalu for goal record
FIFA has refused to get involved in the debate about who holds the world record for scoring the most goals in a year. It was widely reported that Lionel Messi’s 86th goal of 2012, which he scored on...
View ArticleWorld Food Programme seeks $8.5bn for 16 crisis-hit countries
With millions of people caught in the midst of natural disasters and conflict, the humanitarian community has launched its largest annual funding appeal to date to respond to emergency needs in 16...
View ArticleEulogies as Supreme Court honours late Justice Eso
The Supreme Court on Friday held a valedictory session in honour of the late Justice Kayode Eso. The event, which held in the main auditorium of the Supreme Court, mostly featured tributes to the late...
View ArticleIsraeli foreign minister resigns over graft charge
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Friday that he would resign after being charged with fraud and breach of trust, in a move that could have repercussions on next month’s election. “I...
View ArticleJonathan may not rule beyond 2015 – Dokubo-Asari …says quarrel with Obasanjo...
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteers Force, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has declared that President Goodluck Jonathan may not rule beyond 2015. Dokubo-Asari based his statement on the facts...
View ArticleGunman kills 26 pupils, teachers in US school
A heavily-armed gunman opened fire on school children and staff of a Connecticut, United States’ elementary school on Friday, killing at least 26 people, including 18 children. The shooting was the...
View ArticleBabalakin loses bid to stop arraignment
Chairman, Bi-Courtney Highway Services, Wale Babalakin, on Friday lost a bid to stop his arraignment for allegedly laundering about N4.7bn on behalf of the convicted former governor of Delta State,...
View ArticlePolice say no clue yet on Rotimi’s wife whereabouts
The Oyo State Police Command on Friday said there was no useful information yet on how to rescue Titilayo, wife of the former military governor of the old Western State, Brig.-Gen. Oluwole Rotimi...
View ArticleStabbed singer: Landlord’s son charged with assault
Tobi Obadina, the man alleged to have stabbed singer, Tiwa Baker, in Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State, has been arraigned before an Ojokoro Magistrate’s Court, Lagos. Obadina, who is the son of the...
View ArticleCourt fixes ruling for Jan 8 in Daniel’s case
An Ogun State High Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, on Friday fixed ruling for Jan. 8, 2013 in an application brought by former Gov. Gbenga Daniel, seeking the quashing of the first 13 counts of the...
View ArticleLUTH resident doctors call off strike
The Association of Resident Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba, has called off its indefinite strike. The ARD-LUTH president, Dr. Adetunji Adenekan, who gave the announcement...
View Article‘Spate of kidnapping, insecurity alarming’
Participants at a public colloquium in Lagos on Friday raised the alarm over the increasing rate of kidnapping and general level of insecurity in the country. The participants, drawn from the private...
View ArticleMarket capitalisation rises to N8.85tn
The equities section of the Nigerian Stock Exchange closed positive at the end of the trading activities on Friday, with major indicators recording marginal rise. The market capitalisation of the...
View ArticleFCMB consolidates merger with new advertising campaign
Following its successful acquisition of the former FinBank Plc into its fold, the next task before FCMB Plc is showcasing the unique values of the new enlarged status of the bank. Accordingly, the bank...
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