Business

United Capital boosts shareholder value with N14.4bn dividend

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BY TEMITOPE ADEBAYO Shareholders of United Capital Plc have approved a total dividend payout of N14.4 billion for the 2024 financial year. This represents a 33 per cent increase from the previous year, reinforcing the company’s commitment to delivering exceptional value to its investors. The

Headlines

Capital inflows to Nigeria fall to $3.91bn in 2023

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 21 February 2024 0

By Motolani Oseni Nigeria has attracted a total of $3.91 billion worth of foreign capital amid the several policy summersaults and continued perennial issues clogging the investment landscape in the country. According to the latest capital importation report published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the current inflow in 2023 is a 26.7 per […]

Brands and Marketing

Is a big change underway in global capitalism? Part 2

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2017 0

The period from the late 1970s to 1980 changed all that. You had Thatcher and the U.K. and Reagan in the U.S. Mao died in 1976, the Solidarity movement in Poland began in 1978, and the Soviet Union peaked in power in 1979. You saw that the pendulum had gone too far and now we’re […]

World

Russia meets Egypt for nuclear plant deal, as Middle-East boils

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2017 0

Following rising tension in Middle- East in the wake of United States recognition of Jerusalem of as new Israeli’s capital, Russia and Egypt are considering nuclear weapon plant in renewed relationship. According to the VOA, Russian President Vladimir Putin met Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo on Monday for talks over a nuclear power […]

Money

Leasing key to unlocking informal sector, boosting economy – DG, CPC

Ihesiulo Grace 20 November 2017 0

The Director-General of Consumer Protection Council (CPC), Mr. Babajide Irukera, has charged stakeholders in the leasing industry to intensify awareness campaigns about leasing, adding that it holds the key to unlocking the embedded potential of Nigeria’s informal sector, while boosting Africa’s largest economy. Speaking at the 15th annual national lease conference,

Abuja Times

Stakeholders urge FCTA to include media in developmental programmes

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2017 0

Experts and stakeholders in urban planning have called on the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to include the media in the efforts to review the long overdue FCT master plan. The call was made during a media empowerment seminar organised by the FCT Administration towards equipping media practitioners with the topic “The role of the […]

Abuja Times

Kuje residents laud FCTA over road sweeping

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2017 0

Residents of the Kuje Area Council of the FCT have commended the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), over daily sweeping of the major roads in the council. A cross section of residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Kuje, called for the extension of the exercise to other areas […]

Abuja Times

FCT hospitals urged to be proactive

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2017 0

The Secretary, Health and Human Services of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Barr. Amanda Pam, has called on FCT hospitals to be more proactive in the discharge of their duties. He made the call at Kubwa General Hospital in continuation of her familiarisation tour of FCT General Hospitals. She implored the management of the hospitals […]

Abuja Times

FCT Education secretary tasks staff on use of resources

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2017 0

The Secretary Education Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, Senator Isa Maina, has tasked officials of the secretariat to be more prudent with resources and avoid extra-budgetary spending in order to move the sector forward. Senator Maina was emphatic on the lack commitment to duties and penchant to lack of judicious use of government […]

Abuja Times

2 months to 2018: Concern as FCT 2017 Budget is yet to be passed into law

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

Residents of the FCT have raised concern over the seeming delay in the passage of 2017 budget of the territory, barley two months for the end of the year. As it stands, more of the capital projects in the FCT have remained untouched as its approvals awaits the budget for implementation. Commenting on the prevailing […]

Aviation

NAMA boosts critical manpower with 40 controllers

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

Worried by the depleting number of Air Traffic Control Officers in its employ as a result of ageing workforce, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has recently engaged the services of over 40 Air Traffic Control cadets to undergo various levels of training as recommended by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Making this revelation […]

Abuja Times

FCT Transport secretariat seeks collaboration with FRSC

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2017 0

The newly appointed Secretary Transportation Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration, Comrade Kayode Opeifa, in an effort to re-position transportation model, has solicited for closer collaboration with the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in tackling various traffic challenges in the Federal Capital Territory. Speaking when he paid a working visit to

Abuja Times

Council official urges FCTA to invest in sports to reduce unemployment

Ihesiulo Grace 25 October 2017 0

The Sports Technical Adviser in Bwari Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Emmanuel Obiagba, has urged the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to invest more in sports development to reduce unemployment. Obiagba gave the advice at the weekend in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the margins of the […]

Capital Market

United Capital’s Q3 profit declines by 40%

Ihesiulo Grace 9 October 2017 0

United Capital Plc nine months’ result for the period ended 30th September, 2017, has elicited mixed market sentiments from the investing public. The company’s third quarter result released by The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), recently showed that just as gross earnings grew, profit for the period declined remarkably. United Capital Plc, is a leading African […]

News

Chile Earthquake Rocks Putre of the Parinacota Province in the Arica-Parinacota Region

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2015 0

A 6.4 earthquake was measured at 4.51 UTC time 30 miles from Putre. Putre is a Chilean town and commune, capital of the Parinacota Province in the Arica-Parinacota Region. It is located 130 km east of Arica, at an altitude of 3,500 m. The town is backdropped by Taapaca volcanic complex. Tourism is an important […]