The Managing Director of Jaiz Bank, Mr Hassan Usman, on Wednesday, said the bank would continue to support small businesses with working capital and funding for growth and expansion. Usman, who made the promise at a media parley in Lagos, noted that 20 to 25 per cent of the...
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By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – No fewer than 13 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The anti-graft agency arrested the suspects on Tuesday for carrying out fraud related activities at Nsukka and Emene axis...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Governors of the All progressives Congress (APC) to stop further utterances that lead to disunity ahead of the National Convention. A statement by the President’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja, quoted a letter personally signed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni on Wednesday visited President Muhammadu Buhari in London, where he is currently on a medical checkup. This is contained in a release by the Director-General, Press and Media Affairs to Buni, Malam Mohammed Mamman in Abuja on Wednesday....
Mr Ismaeel Ahmed, Youth Representative in All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) says the party’s zoning arrangement is a guide for its members not a constitutional issue. Ahmed who is the spokesman of the committee, said this on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking with...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, has urged members of the party not to attack one another, but unite ahead of the 2023 general elections. Ayu said this in his remarks at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the party in Abuja...
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has approved the party’s guidelines, timetable and schedule of activities for the 2023 general elections. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this while reading the communique issued at the end of the 95th NEC meeting...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sincere regrets for the inconvenience caused to citizens of the country following a prolonged shortage of petroleum products, something that the administration has successfully averted in its seven years in office. According to the President, “the administration knows the fuel...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cannot get the certificate of return for the governor from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The state Chairman of APC, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha, said this on Wednesday while briefing newsmen on the party’s...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday met with the APC Senate Caucus at the National Assembly. Tinubu, at the meeting held in Abuja, said he was at the National Assembly to seek counsel, partnership, and support of the lawmakers for his presidential bid....
The Federal Government has said that the national grid, which collapsed a few days ago, has now been recovered.The Federal Government has said that the national grid, which collapsed a few days ago, has now been recovered. Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this on Wednesday during a briefing...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says it is upgrading and deploying the National Production Monitoring System (NPMS) facility toward curbing crude oil theft in Nigeria. A statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos by Mr Paul Osu, said Mr Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive, NUPRC, spoke recently in Abuja...
The Police in Anambra have arrested six persons, including a native doctor and two women, for allegedly involving in parading a widow naked in public. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the woman was accused of causing the death of her husband through her alleged infidelity. Commissioner...
By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) in collaboration with International Finance Corporation (IFC) – a member of the World Bank Group – hosted a training for issuers and market operators on the issuance of sustainable financial instruments on 10th and 11th March 2022. The training themed...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – The Minister of Power, Engineer Abubakar Aliyu, has said the activities of pipeline vandals is responsible for the current blackout being experienced in the electricity sector. In the last 7 days, electricity supply across Nigerians has been very erratic due to the system collapse...
Former Anambra State governor Peter Obi has called on the Nigerian government to prioritize investment in education, noting that Ghana is doing well because of such investment. The former Anambra State governor who made the call in his keynote speech at the maiden education summit of the National Association...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday, in Abuja commenced disbursement of over N200 million to 8,236 students for the 2020 and 2021 session in the FCT. The Secretary for FCTA Education Secretariat, Alhaji Sani El-katuzu, made the disclosure while performing a symbolic presentation of scholarship award letters...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there is “no way Ukraine is going to join NATO anytime soon” as Ukraine’s leader said peace talks with Russia had taken a “realistic turn.” The prime minister, who is visiting the Gulf as he tries to wean the West off Russian energy,...
A senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, says votes cast in any election in the country belong to the political parties, not candidates. On March 8, Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge at a federal high court in Abuja, sacked David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, and Eric Igwe, his...
Tragedy struck on Wednesday as publisher of Hallmark Newspaper, a business, policy and finance daily newspaper, Prince Emeka Obasi, passed. He was aged 58. The news of his death was reported by THE WITNESS online newspaper. It said that Obasi, a veteran journalist and public relations expert, died from...