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Berger Paints Nigeria Plc. has promised their shareholders improved returns on their investments by the end of the year despite the drop in their financial performance for the first quarter (Q1) ended March 31, 2016 to foreign exchange scarcity (FX). The Premier paints company in Nigeria said it is hopeful …

Governors of Nigeria’s 36 states are seeking to access about $3.2 billion from the World Bank to curtail the fiscal challenge faced across the states, the governors’ forum has said. The revelation was made on Thursday morning by some of the governors after their meeting at the Banquet Hall of …

  The Lagos State Police Command has recovered 3, 600 litres of fuel from suspected pipeline vandals in the Aquatira area, 1st Avenue by 12 Road, in the FESTAC area of the state. SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that the suspects, however, fled the scene on a canoe following the arrival of …

The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mr Godwin Eke, said on Sunday that the Federal Government was set to begin rehabilitation of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway and other federal roads in Lagos. Eke told newsmen while inspecting the highway that construction giant Julius Berger had submitted cost estimates for the repairs …

An APC chieftain in Imo, Chief Jude Mbachu, has called on government to invest in alternative source of power to meet the country’s electricity demand. Mbachu made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Sunday.  He said  the country’s dependence on gas …

Just under three weeks after the Police Service Commission opened the portal for applications for the 10, 000 vacancies approved by the federal government, the Commission on Tuesday disclosed it has received 705,352 applications from applicants who are seeking employment into the Force. President Muhammadu Buhari at last year’s National …

  The soldiers of the Guards Brigade of the Nigeria Army have arrested 92 Fulani herdsmen in Abuja. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations of the Guards Brigade, Capt. Bashir Jajira, said that 36 of the suspects were arrested by the troops at a military checkpoint between the Federal Capital …

No fewer than 18 out of the 4,034 2015 batch A Corps members who served in Oyo state would repeat their service year due to evasion of service continuously for three months. Mr Stephen Bankole, NYSC Director of Information in Oyo state, made the disclosure on Thursday in Ibadan in …

Following the recent spate of unrest in some tertiary institutions in the country, such as the University of Port-Harcourt, UNIPORT, University of Lagos, UNILAG, Benue State University among others, the office of the Special Assistant to President on Youths and Students’ Affairs (OSAPYS), has reached out to major stakeholders towards …

A 34-year-old man, Ifeanyi Chukwu, who allegedly assaulted his neighbour, Chibuzor Ubachukwu, was on Thursday docked before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. Chukwu, who resides at No. 11 Ojoafeje St., Sari Iganmu, Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of assault. The Prosecutor, Insp. Gabriel Ekundayo, told the court …