Considering the June 30, 2017 deadline given to registrars of quoted companies by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to stop the issuance of physical dividend warrants to shareholders, investigation has revealed that the much talked about initiative aimed at reducing the growing numbers of unclaimed dividend in the country may have suffered a setback. According to sources in the …

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  The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the enrolment of members of the National Youth Service Corps Scheme into the National Health Insurance Scheme to guarantee them access to quality healthcare services. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, stated this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting which was presided by Acting President …

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has urged candidates who will sit for the mop-up test of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Saturday to print their e-slips. The board had rescheduled about 85,000 candidates who registered late or had technical hitches during the conduct of the examination in May, to write the mop-up test on July 1. In a statement signed by …

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The consultations by the Presidency with various segments of the Nigerian society will continue, the Spokesman of the Acting President, Mr Laolu Akande, said on Tuesday. He stated this in a release while emphasizing the import of the dialogue the Acting President had with leaders from the North, Southeast and the media over the last two weeks. “While this set …

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Members of the Nigeria Union of Railway Workers have expressed concern over the concession of the assets of the Nigerian Railway Corporation to General Electric. The President, NUR, Saidu Garba, while commending the Federal Government on the reconstitution of the National Council on Privatisation, however, expressed fears over the success of the planned concession of the Nigerian railway narrow gauge …

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Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, has said Nigerians should ignore Arewa youth, who asked Igbo to leave the north in three months. Speaking in Lekki, Lagos, over the weekend, Dangote said he is bothered about unemployment in Nigeria and the explosion of the country’s population, as a result of poverty. Earlier, Arewa youth, asked Igbo …

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Photo Caption: Wife of the Governor of Lagos State, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode presenting gift to one of the winners of dancing competition, Mrs. Idiat Tugbeyi, during the Eid-il-Fitri celebration, at one of the designated centres, Marina Waterfront, Epe, Lagos, on Sunday, 25th June, 2017. Advertisement

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Investors in the Nigerian Capital Market with multiple subscriptions for the same public offer may forfeit their investment. It will be recall that the Securities and Exchange Commission at its last Capital Market Committee meeting (CMC) approved the report of a market wide committee on formulating a uniform position for the treatment of multiple subscriptions to public offers. According to …

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  The highly anticipated women empowerment show, Against The Odds with Peace Hyde is set to premier on Friday June 30th 2017 on Pan African Business Channel CNBC Africa Channel 410 on DSTV. The show is the latest installment from Forbes Woman Africa depicting the journey of some of the most influential women in West and South Africa who have achieved …

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Developing creative messages/methods that would attract young people to agriculture could help Africa to attract youth to agriculture and end the rising unemployment in the continent, says the Deputy Director General Partnership for Delivery, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Kenton Dashiell. In a message to journalists to mark the 2017 Media Day— part of activities to mark the …

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