By Dakuku Peterside Any government can easily undermine its credibility if it sends mixed signals on essential policy issues or initiatives, flip-flops from one policy or strategic direction to another, and turns essential socioeconomic frameworks into a yo-yo game. The…
Cadbury Nigeria Plc has reported a pre-tax loss of N3.423 billion for Q2 2024, a significant improvement from the N10.457 billion loss recorded in Q1. This has moderated the half-year 2024 loss to N13.880 billion, which is 4.5 percent…
Investors in the Nigerian equities market enjoyed a trading week to forget on the floor of the NGX following a loss of N1.32 trillion in the just ended trading week. The bourse recorded losses in four of the five trading…
Oando Plc has vehemently denied claims circulating on social and digital media platforms that it owns a blending plant in Malta. The energy conglomerate has also refuted allegations that it imports substandard fuel into Nigeria through a Maltese company named…
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, has assured Nigerian oil and gas service companies of continued support to sustain the impressive growth in local content and to boost their production operations. Speaking…
2022 winner, NewsDirect Poetry Chapbook Prize, Michael Imossan, has been named winner of the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry, 2024 for his full-length manuscript “All That Refuses to Die.” The African Poetry Book Fund, APBF, disclosed this on…
Ogun State Government has warned allottees of the Ibara Regeneration Scheme not to sell their land once allocated as doing so would defeat the purpose of the scheme. Speaking at a Stakeholders’ meeting in Abeokuta on Saturday, the Commissioner for…
…Lagos assures sustainable employment through ‘Empower Lagos Initiative’ By Omolola Dede Adeyanju The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), United States Consulate General, the Lagos State Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment and other industry players have converged at the…
Okomu Oil Palm Plc reported a pre-tax profit of N6.24 billion for Q2 ending June 30, 2024, representing a 22.28 percent year-on-year (YoY) decline and falling short of the company’s Q2 2024 pre-tax profit forecast of N6.699 billion. According to…
…Accuses Abuja politicians of backing militia attacks By Titus Atondu, Makurdi Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has called on unions, groups and individuals intending to join the planned August 1st, 2024 protest across the country, to…
