The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has paid N1.39 billion to 36,163 depositor of 110 closed Microfinance Banks (MFBs) and three Primary Mortgage Banks (PMBs). The Managing Director of NDIC, Mr Bello Hassan, made the disclosure at the NDIC Special Day, at the 2023 Lagos International Trade...
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The Defence Headquarters has said the troops of the armed forces have eliminated 113 terrorists and apprehended 300 others in different operations in various theatres across the country in the last one week. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this while briefing newsmen on the...
BY RICHARD ABU, Abuja – The Vice-Chancellor of Ave Maria University, Piyanko Professor Ignatius Onimawu has assured members of the University community and its environs that he would reposition the institution to become a centre of academic excellence most especially in the areas of research, academic and...
A total of 36,712 cases are pending in various courts in Rivers, the Chief judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, said on Thursday in Port Harcourt. Amadi said at a special court session to mark the beginning of the 2023/2024 Legal Year in the state that most of the cases...
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has said the current power outage in Imo, a fallout of a strike action by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is beyond its control. The EEDC’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mr Emeka Ezeh, made the disclosure in statement issued in Owerri on...
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to direct heads of government Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) to attend the 2024-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) stakeholders meeting. Rep. James Faleke, the Chairman, House Committee on Finance said in Abuja on...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, has urged Imo residents to ignore sit-at-home order on election day but to come out en-mass to cast their votes for any candidate of their choice. President General Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, made the call in...
The Nigeria Police Force has deployed 25,565 personnel and over 250 vehicles for the conduct of Saturday’s governorship election in Imo. The Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of the governorship election in the state, CP Frank Mba, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the...
The Hausa-Fulani Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to review the recent Court of Appeal judgments that sacked some members of the National Assembly from Plateau. The forum made the call at a press conference on Thursday in Jos. Alhaji...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has it plans to honour some of its preforming governors and lawmakers elected on its platform in a Productivity Award on Nov. 25 in Abuja. The Chairman APC NewsOnline, Dr Tom Ohikere, said this when he addressed newsmen on Thursday in Abuja....
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday distributed sensitive election materials to all the eight local government areas in Bayelsa ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Head of Voter Education and Publicity at INEC’s State Headquarters, Mr Wilfred Ifogah, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa. He...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, struck down some “offending provisions” which takes away the right of appeal of a tax debtor. Specifically, the affected provisions include the Tax Appeal Tribunal (Procedure) Rules ( 2021), the Federal High Court of Nigeria (Federal Inland Revenue Service) Practice Directions...
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said out of a total mineral revenue of N6.40 trillion, the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) accounted for the highest contribution of N2.71 trillion in 2020-2021. NEITI, in its latest Fiscal Allocation and Statutory Disbursement (FASD) report which covered the...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja With barely 48 hours to Saturday’s off-season elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), disclosed on Thursday there were plans by some persons to disguise in military gear to orchestrate havoc and disrupt elections in some areas....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday began the deployment Ad hoc staff and distribution of sensitive materials to the various local government areas for Saturday’s off-circle governorship election in Kogi. The INEC Kogi Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Gabriel Longpet, disclosed this to the News Agency...
By ZAKAA LAZARUS, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) on Thursday said it has observed rising trends and patterns of incendiary comments by some personalities of influence and representatives of non-governmental entities within and outside the country. The secret police also stressed that...
Bank of Industry (BOI) has said it would close the financial gap, build stronger climate commitments and tap into the potential of renewable energy, partnerships and collaboration. The Managing Director. Bank of Industry (BOI), Dr Olasupo Olusi made this known on Thursday in Abuja. Olusi spoke...
The House of Representatives Committee on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has called on Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, to focus on enhancing the security of lives and property in the nation’s capital. The committee also emphasised the importance of leveraging his experience and network...
The National Industrial Court in Lagos on Thursday ordered the Lagos State University (LASU) and its governing council to reinstate a lecturer, Dr Udegbe Ebarefimia to the post of Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing, Faculty of Management Science. In a ruling by Justice Maureen Esowe, the...
The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has assured residents and electorate in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi of their safety and protection during Saturday’s off-season elections. Matawalle gave the assurance on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Abuja. “Adequate arrangements have...