archiveJune 10, 2018

  The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the agency managing the Sovereign Wealth Fund has recorded a decline of N107.8billion in profit from N130.37 billion in 2016 to N22.55 billion in 2017. The Managing Director, NSIA, Uche Orji, while presenting highlights of the financial performance of the fund to the...

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah is confident he will be fit enough to take part in Egypt’s World Cup opener against Uruguay in Yekaterinburg next Friday, Spanish newspaper Marca reported on Saturday. The 25-year-old went off with a shoulder problem in the first half of Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid...

  Argentina defender, Javier Mascherano, has said that Nigeria are capable of destabilizing them, when they meet at the 2018 World Cup. Mascherano stated this in an interview with the UK Guardian, while assessing their Group D opponents. Argentina are in Group D with Nigeria, Croatia and Iceland. This will...

Nigerian reggae legend, Ukeleke Onwubya, popularly known as Ras Kimono, is dead. The singer reportedly died on Sunday in a Lagos hospital after a brief illness at age 60. .The Delta born singer was said to have concluded plans to travel to the U.S. last night before complaining of feeling...

  The Federal Ministry of Finance said its attention has been drawn to media reports that the new excise duty rates approved by President Muhammadu Buhari on alcoholic beverages and tobacco were targeted at local manufacturers. The Ministry in a press statement signed by its Director (Information), Hassan Dodo said...