The trial of embattled former Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday resumed at a Federal High Court in Lagos with prosecution giving more evidence. Prosecution called its 11th witness, Mrs Joanne Tolulope, who narrated how one Abiodun Agbele, an associate of Fayose, allegedly bought property worth millions of...
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By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has continued to be the preferred listing destination for companies seeking to raise capital via corporate bonds, equities and even private companies looking to raise public capital. Market stakeholders were excited to learn last week that MTN Nigeria Communications (MTNN)...
The Senate has urged the Presidency to take over the Nigerian Navy Flagship “NNS ARADU’’ as a presidential asset and resuscitate it for national security and safety. NNS ARADU is the largest ship in the Nigerian Navy fleet. The resolution was sequel to a motion by Sen. George Sekibo...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Florence Obi has lamented over the high number of Federal Government funded projects which are currently decaying and have been abandoned by previous administrations. Obi a Professor of Education lamented that the Institution is one of...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A Federal lawmaker, Senator Gershom Bassey representing Cross River Southern Senatorial District has said that Nigeria is now the 2nd highest on unemployment index globally. Senator Bassey said this in a statement issued to newsmen in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. According to the...
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has raised an alarm over the increasing cost of food and cooking gas in the country. In a statement jointly signed by its President – Festus Osifo, and General Secretary – Lumumba Okugbawa, the union lamented that the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has received President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa at the State House in Abuja. The South African President who is accompanied by a delegation of ministers and business leaders is on a state visit expected to reinforce South Africa’s bilateral relations with Nigeria as well as...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that HIV remained a major global public health concern in the last 40 years. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, said this in a message to commemorate the 2021 World AIDS Day. The theme of the commemoration is: “End Inequalities, End...
The Israeli coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv, is the most expensive city in the world, according to the latest analysis from the British Economist magazine published on Wednesday. Tel Aviv takes the top spot from the French capital Paris, which dropped to a shared second place with Singapore. Next...
Technology giant Google on Wednesday announced it will not accept political advertisements on all its platforms. It said that political advertisement that were related to next year’s elections in the Philippines to choose a successor for President Rodrigo Duterte would not be condone. “In connection with the 2022 Philippine...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has expressed shock over the Tuesday evening Bagwai boat mishap that led to the death of 20 persons. Ganduje spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Abba Anwar, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Kano. “Bagwai boat mishap, which so far caused the...
The Federal Government has commenced the enforcement of mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 at the Federal Secretariat. As early as 7:00 am on Wednesday, security men manned the main entrance to the Federal Secretariat where they demanded either a vaccination card or evidence of negative PCR test before allowing the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Government has announced an initiative titled “Borno Heroes Support Programme” for the award of educational scholarship to 500 orphans and their widowed mothers left behind by members of the Civilian JTF, hunters and vigilantes who died during battles with Boko Haram...
At least no fewer than 20 people have been confirmed dead with seven others rescued after a boat carrying passengers capsized in Bagwai River in Bagwai Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State. According to an eyewitness, the accident happened on Tuesday evening. It was gathered that the canoe...
The police on Tuesday said it has arrested a total of 32 notorious suspects for their complicity in the crimes of kidnapping, armed robbery, arms smuggling, illegal possession of weapons, trading in illicit drugs, trans-border car theft, rape, amongst others. The Police team equally recovered 19 AK47 rifles, one...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the first case of the Omicron variant in the country. A statement issued on Wednesday by the NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, said the three cases were linked to passengers from South Africa Recalled that...
BY ABU RICHARD, Nasarawa – The Chairman of the Association of Table Water Producers of Nigeria (ATWAP) Karu local Government Chapter, Mr.Usman Sani Diggi has called on members of the association to always ensure that clean and hygienic water is given to consumers at all times. Mr. Diggi gave...
A man was charged Tuesday with killing his four children and mother-in-law over the weekend inside a home in the western U.S. State of California, authorities said. Germarcus Lamar David, 29, faces five counts of murder and three counts of assault on a child causing death, said the Los...
In a recent interview with iFL TV, Anthony Joshua admitted that his loss to Oleksandr Usyk has weighed heavily on him but that he is using it as fuel to improve. He said, “A lot of times I wake up in the morning and the fight and fighting is...