By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The management of Innoson Automobile Company, has withdrawn the N3 million scholarship awarded to Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme for manipulating her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. Mr Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications at Innoson Group, disclosed this in a statement made available...
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President Bola Tinubu has described the late Founder of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Otunba Olasubomi Balogun, as an institution in the Nigerian banking sector and a model for generations of bankers. Tinubu stated this on Saturday during the funeral service of Balogun at the Cathedral Church of Our...
Olufaki of Ifaki-Ekiti, Oba Adegbenro Falore, has expressed shock over the death of a popular Ibadan-based cleric, Prophet Michael Olowere, saying the son has lost an illustrious son. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olowere, Founder of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke-Agbara, Ashi, Ibadan, died on Wednesday...
Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State has pledged his administration’s commitment to sustain World Bank/Federal Government Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihoods Improvement Support (APPEALS), Project in the state. Mbah made the pledge when the World Bank, FG, and APPEALS teams paid him a courtesy visit at Government House, Enugu...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A Non Governmental Organization (NGO), known as Chuga and Friends Foundation (CFF), based in Akwanga, Nasarawa State, says it has spent N90 million to sink 46 motorised boreholes across communities from 2017 to date in the state. Similarly, the NGO disclosed that it has...
The Secretary of Provincial Secretariat of Church and Society Kaduna, Fr Onuh Ladi, has urged Nigerians not to surrender religion to politicians. Ladi made the call on Friday at a roundtable on Religion and Politics in Kaduna State. The roundtable was organised by the Provincial Secretariat in partnership with Global...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Friday in Abuja raided hawkers of unwholesome drugs at the Nyanya/Mararaba axis of Abuja. Addressing newsmen after the exercise, the team leader of the operation, Mr Umar Suleiman, said the operation followed an earlier surveillance carried out...
Dr Sam Ogbuku, Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, and Mrs Alanyingi Sylva, Wife of a former Governor of Bayelsa, are among the recipients of the 2023 Sylva Entertainment Award. Also honoured include Sen. Biobarakumo Degi, who represented Bayelsa East at the Senate in the past, a former Member of...
One of the subjects of the Awaiting Trial documentary, Obiajunu Iloanya has begun a one-woman protest for her missing brother, Chijioke Iloanya who went missing after being detained by Awkuzu SARS. “I don’t have any options, except to keep on fighting for justice. First, for my brother and my...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja for Guinea-Bissau on Saturday, July 8, to attend the 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), in Bissau, capital of the Republic of...
The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, says the claim by Prof. Wole Soyinka on disallowing traditional festival is not only nauseating but also uncharitable to the people of Ilorin emirate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, had earlier written...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 12 petroleum marketers for removing the seals of the Nigeria Mainstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, (NMDPRA). NSCDC Spokesperson, Kogi Command, Alex Agiri, who disclosed this in Lokoja on Friday, said the operatives of the command arrested them in Lokoja,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) deployed to Adamawa State, Barr. Hudu Yunusa Ari. The case was filed at the Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola, over his unprofessional conduct in...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has commended the decision of his Senegalese counterpart, President Macky Sall, not to seek a third term in office after the end of his tenure. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that there had been protests in Senegal in the past few...
The Osun House of Assembly on Friday indicated that a list of 25 commissioner- nominees has been forwarded to it for screening and confirmation by Gov. Ademola Adeleke. Announcing the names during plenary session, Mr Adewale Egbedun, Osun Assembly Speaker, said he received a letter from the governor for...
The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Wale Adeniyi, has reiterated his commitment decongest customs ports to enhance trade. This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs Abdullahi Maiwada in Abuja on Friday. Adeniyi said plans are underway to address the...
The World Bank has provided one billion dollars to strengthen resilience and improve the livelihood of the people in the countries affected by the insurgency in the Lake Chad. The bank’s Country Manager for Chad, Mr Rasit Pertesv, made this known on Thursday during the Fourth Lake Chad Governor’s...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has identified illegal mining and other criminal activities as major threats to the nation’s economy. EFCC Acting Executive Chairman, Mr Abdulkarim Chukkol, said this at a one-day workshop which the commission organised for journalists in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Deremi Atanda, Managing Director of Remita Payment Services Limited (RPSL), a subsidiary of SystemSpecs Holdings Limited (SHL), has called for deeper industry collaboration to foster the adoption of digital payments in Nigeria. He made this call during his presentation at the 2023 Digital...