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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 …

One of the missing schoolgirls abducted by the fighters of the Boko Haram Islamic sect from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014,  Amina Ali Nkeki, has been found, the Nigerian Army has said. Activists also told the BBC that Amina was found by a vigilante group …

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 Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, office of the Vice President, Mr. Laolu Akande has stated that more than 8 million Nigerians would benefit from the diverse social investment programmes in the 2016 budget spending in terms of job opportunities as well as would be a ready-made palliative …

Rescued Chibok schoolgirl, Amina Ali-Nkeki, on Thursday arrived at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for audience with President Muhammadu Buhari. The girl, her baby, her mother and her brother, were led to the villa by Borno governor, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, at about 2.46 p.m. The governor and the girl, with her …

Two factions of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), have commenced sale of nomination forms to aspirants wishing to contest the local government elections in June in Adamawa The former executive under Chief Joel Madaki has been selling the forms to aspirants. Similarly, the new executive that emerged last week under Alhaji …

The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has ordered the immediate arrest of persons found selling or buying petrol and other petroleum products in plastic containers. A statement by the police spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole, said Mr. Arase gave the directive “to forestall the untold suffering and hazard emanating from the …

  The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said on Saturday that the Federal Government needed 700 million dollars to upgrade its refineries to produce at maximum capacities. Kachikwu, who is also the Group Managing Director of NNPC, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen during the re-inauguration 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 …

Nigerians, who have laid their hands on the telephone numbers of lawmakers representing them at the Senate, have declared a telephone war on their senators by bombarding their lines with unending calls and text messages. Those who have called senators representing their senatorial districts accused the lawmakers of poor performance …