Sincere Concern Organisation, a non-profit organisation, has issued a one-month ultimatum to former Gov. Rochas Okorocha to refund N130 billion allegedly embezzled Imo money.o The group further asked the lawmaker, who represented Imo West Senatorial District in the ninth National Assembly, to return landed property allegedly stolen while in...
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Ecobank Group and the Pan African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) evohave signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the settlement of cross-border transactions of the group. A statement on Wednesday said the MOU was signed during the opening ceremony of the 30th Afreximbank Annual Meetings in Accra,...
The organised labour has tasked the Cross River government to cut down the number of government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to reduce the cost of governance. This is containing a 21-point demands jointly signed by Mr Olayi Gregory of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Mr Monday Ogbodum...
The Kogi State Specialist Hospital, Lokoja chapter of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), has expressed displeasure over the incessant delay in the payment of salaries.doctor we The association’s concern is contained in a Communique issued at the end of its Emergency Executive Council meeting on Wednesday in Lokoja....
The Naira on Wednesday depreciated against the dollar at the investors and exporters window, exchanging at N763.17.naira The Naira depreciated by 0.87 per cent when compared with N756.61 for which it exchanged for the dollar on Tuesday. The open indicative rate closed at N741.21 to the dollar on Wednesday....
A cyber security expert, Dr Chibuike Ugwuoke tendered documents at the Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday in support of a petition filed by Mr Peter Obi. Obi, candidate of Labour Party (LP) at the Feb. 25 presidential election is challenging the victory of President Bola...
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd. has won the Financial Institution of the Year Award at the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Pan African Business and Development Awards. Mrs Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FirstBank, said in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. She said that the ceremony...
UpThe Ebonyi government on Wednesday, said it will soon apprehend the killers of Mr Sunday Igwe, a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Igwe was killed by gunmen along Mpu (Enugu)-Ishiagu (Ebonyi) road on June 18...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Naval Headquarters has refuted reports in a section of the media that the outgoing Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral AZ Gambo, refused to hand over to the incoming Chief of the Naval Staff, Rear Admiral EI Ogalla. Rear Admiral Ogalla,...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Marine Command has intercepted 2.910 kg cannabis sativa coming from Ghana. Mr Paul Ahom, Commander of Narcotics, NDLEA marine command, said this while showcasing the drugs intercepted in Lagos on Wednesday. According to Ahom, this is the first biggest seizure arrested by...
Benue House of Assembly has approved the suspension of all the 23 local government (LG) chairmen in the state for financial misappropriation.Be The decision to suspend the LG chairmen was taken on Wednesday during plenary following a letter from Gov. Hyacinth Alia, dated June 14, 2023, requesting the house...
Billionaire Bill Gates has admitted doing a quick research about Afrobeat singers, Burna Boy and Rema, ahead of his trip to Bill gates Gates Mr Gates, the co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, stated this on Wednesday in Lagos at a forum with students and young innovators from...
Two journalists in Kogi have emerged millionaires at the maiden edition of the Gov. Yahaya Bello (GYB) Essay Competition for journalists in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emmanuel Adeyemi of The Sun Newspaper, emerged overall winner with a price of N2 million, while Richard...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, are exploring ways to strengthen collaborations to boost service delivery to Nigerians. The Registrar of TRCN, Prof Josiah Ajiboye, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said the...
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, on Wednesday, remanded a 27-year-old man, Taofeek Ahmed, for allegedly assaulting a police officer after failing to pay for doughnut. The prosecutor, Insp Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on June 19 at 4:00 p.m., at Sabo Market...
The Co-chair, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr Bill Gates, has urged the Federal Government to improve investment in equitable solutions and in the people who are working on them. He said this during the Pan-African Youth Innovation Forum on Wednesday in Lagos, as part of activities for his...
The absence of counsel for the Federal Government, on Wednesday, stalled the trial commencement of Tukur Mamu, who is being tried over his alleged relationship with terrorists that were involved in last year’s attack on a Kaduna-bound train.mamu The matter, which was on number three on the cause list,...
Dr Salma Anas, the Special Adviser to the President on Health, has said that President Bola Tinubu administration’s healthcare reform agenda will be defined by making Universal Health Coverage a priority.. Anas said this on Wednesday in Abuja at a Health Policy Dialogue. The theme of the event was...
The Niger/Kogi Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday released heavy railway locomotive parts it intercepted to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Niger. The Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Busayo Kadejo, disclosed this at the command’s Headquarters in Minna, while...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a painter, Sunday Ajibade, to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year old daughter of his neighbour. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubts, the charge of defilement against Ajibade, a resident of Abule-Egba in...