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An international exploration drilling company, Geodrill Limited, has won the 2023 Australia-Africa Minerals and Energy Group (AAMEG) Award for Established ESG Leader for a Resources Services company. The award was due to their commitment and funding to the LVOLUTION ACADEMY of Cote d’Ivoire and the running of its activities. The Ivorian mining community memorialized the prize at an industry event on October 13 in Abidjan. Geodrill and other sponsors, including Endeavour Mining, X&M Suppliers, Foraco, Koulou Gold Corp, Sotici, Energold, and IDC, have been proud supporters of LVOLUTION ACADEMY founded to promote education, training, and social integration of underprivileged youth,

A new study by betting comparison site punters.pub has revealed the Premier League teams who received the most yellow and red cards over the last five seasons. The research ranked the 12 teams that have been ever-present in the Premier League since the start of the 2018/19 season, allocating them an average disciplinary score per game. The scoring system here dictates that a yellow card equates to one point, and a red card to two, therefore the teams with the highest score per game have committed the most cardable offences in the past five seasons. Manchester United are the club

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By Adedapo Adesanya The Premier League has deducted 10 points from Everton after it found the club guilty of breaching Premier League financial fair play rules. The deduction is the biggest points deduction in the competition’s history and will see the Merseyside club drop 19th position, two points from safety. Everton, who had denied wrongdoing, believe a sporting punishment for an accountancy matter is disproportionate and inappropriate and have told the league they intend to appeal. Leeds, Leicester and Burnley have previously written to Everton’s prospective new owners, 777 Partners, warning they intended to sue for damages in the event

By Adedapo Adesanya Royal Exchange Plc has released its unaudited financial statements for the period ended September 30, 2019, with the results showing things were look warm in the period. The insurance company recorded a decline in its Gross Premium Written (GPW), going down to N12.70 billion from N13.03 billion, while the unearned premium closed at N1.65 billion against N1.86 billion. This saw the company’s gross premium income reducing to N11.05 billion from N11.18 billion, while the net premium income increased to N6.92 billion from N6.91 billion, with the net underwriting income growing to N7.26 billion from N7.56 billion. Total

By Adedapo Adesanya The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM) has appealed to the federal government to urgently intervene in arresting the hike in the prices of cooking gas across the country. The group, in an open letter jointly signed by its Executive Secretary, Mr Bassey Essien, and its National Public Relations Officer, Mr Raphael Aguele, on Friday, lamented that the sharp rise was unbearable and was affecting their business. In the letter addressed to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, the body decried the fact that the price of 12.5 kg of cooking

By Adedapo Adesanya To Deploy Drones at Seme Border Soon Claims N719m Revenue, Processes 635,149.23 metric tons valued at N15.5 billion The Nigeria Customs Service, Tincan Island Area Command, has taken delivery of two NUCTECH Mobile Scanners MT1213DE with accessories. The equipment arrived on board Glovis Horizon Leader from the Port of Shanghai, China on Monday, according to a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Uche Ejesieme. The Area Controller, Mr Abdullahi Musa, who received the consignment, said, “Integration of scanning into the clearance procedure for imports was in line with global best practices for

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The Nigerian government has denied insinuations that it was planning to fix prices of food items sold in the country. This rebuttal comes a day after the Acting President, Mr Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday inaugurated a Presidential Task Force on Food Security to come up with solutions to challenges contributing to the increase in food prices across the country. The Federal Government, explaining on Thursday motive behind the development, pointed out that the task force was set up to ensure smooth and steady flow of produce from farms to markets, and bring down the added costs responsible

By Adedapo Adesanya  Thursday, August 22, 2019 closed at the foreign exchange market with the Naira depreciating by 24 Kobo against the US Dollar at the Investors and Exporters (I&E) segment of the market. It was gathered that the local currency traded at N363.01 against the American Dollar at the Investors window from N362. 77/$1 the previous trading day on Wednesday. This is equivalent to a 0.07 percent decline for the local currency against the American Dollar. The daily market turnover on Thursday increased to $306.82 million from $176.49 million recorded on Wednesday, indicateding that there was higher pressure on

By Odochi Arungwa The unfolding political realities in the southeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria is an intriguing matrix which has called for proper and systematic analysis of the issue judging by how some persons have been going about it. From the poor performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the region in the 2015 general elections to the average performance of the party in the just concluded governorship race in Anambra State; one thing that has become clear is the fact that the Igbos have started embracing the APC unlike before. Similar scenario playing out today once played out

By Investors Hub The major U.S. index futures are pointing to a higher opening on Tuesday, with stocks likely to regain some ground after moving mostly lower over the course of the previous session. The markets may benefit from bargain hunting following the weakness seen in the technology sector over the past few days. Positive sentiment may also be generated by a report from the Commerce Department showing personal income and spending both increased in line with economist estimates in the month of June. Overall trading activity may be somewhat subdued, however, as traders look ahead to the Federal Reserve?s

By Dipo Olowookere Chairman of Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC), Justice Ayotunde Phillips, has embarked on the tour of the Commission’s offices in the various Local Government Councils to confirm available report on the state of the offices for the electoral officers of the Commission. Speaking during an inspection tour to three councils in the Badagry area of the state, Justime Phillips said the commission had to embark on the on-the-spot assessment tour of its offices because of its desire to make the offices conducive for officers before the next local government elections in the state. In his remarks,