NNPC/SNEPCo showers gifts on school children at end of year party pupils of the Innercity Mission School, Lagos were proud hosts of a Christmas party organised by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) on Monday (Dec 14).  In keeping with the mood of the Yuletide, the pupils and the school received a variety of gifts including school bags, book ...

Although some schools reopening, insecurity remains an obstacle to education   Violence and attacks against civilian populations in northeastern Nigeria and its neighboring countries have forced more than 1 million children out of school, UNICEF said today.  The number of children missing out on their education due to the conflict adds to the estimated 11 million children of primary school ...

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has released new electricity tariff plans, which states the various rates of increase in energy charges for consumers across the country. The regulatory agency also announced the removal of fixed electricity charges for all classes of electricity consumers adding that consumer will only pay for what they had used. A fortnight ago, the minister ...

The Federal Government has directed aviation agencies to carry out an immediate investigation into why Aero Contractors used a ladder to disembark passengers after its chartered flight landed at the Bauchi airport. The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, gave the directive after receiving several reports that the airline used a ladder to disembark passengers from a Boeing ...

By Ifeanyi Omokwe The Nigerian Debt Management Office, (DMO) touted as a model in Africa, has become a major destination for out-sourced debt management skills and services in nearly two decades of its existence. The DMO under the leadership of Dr. Abraham Nwankwo has been galvanized to become a leading player in Sub-Sahara Africa. And the achievements it has recorded ...

The 2015 edition of COPA Lagos Beach Soccer tournament, sponsored by First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Limited, kicked-off yesterday (Friday, December 18, 2015) at the Eko Atlantic Beach in Lagos with soccer administrators, fans and the general public praising the Bank for raising the status of the tournament through its various supports. They also hailed the organisers, Kinetic Sports Limited, ...

Global music star, Akon, joined Shell to shine a light on the power of innovative options for access to smarter energy by unveiling Africa’s first human and solar powered football pitch at the Federal College of Education, Akoka, Lagos. The new pitch is the latest initiative from Shell’s #makethefuture programme, which puts bright energy ideas into action to bring benefits ...

Following the success of the Social Lender Scheme introduced last year and the impressive response from the beneficiaries; the members of the on-line community, Sterling Bank Plc has repackaged the scheme by increasing the minimum on-line micro credit from N3,000 to N10,000. The Scheme was launched in July 2014 and the Bank disbursed over N6million to over 2000 on-line customers. ...

There is a new angle to the actress, Uche Iwuji’s marriage breakup and it’s nauseating. A report has emerged stating that the FCMB MD, Ladi Balogun is responsible for the crisis in Uche Iwuji’s marriage. According to the report, the actress’ husband, Juwon discovered that his wife was having an amorous affair with the banker and as well discovered some ...