archiveJuly 14, 2019

To keep serving and retired officers of the Nigerian Army, Navy, Air force, Police Force and nine other military and paramilitary establishments out of financial trouble, Sterling Bank hosted a financial and retirement planning seminar at the National Defense College in Abuja on Wednesday, 10th July 2019. The well-attended seminar...

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Sunday lamented the growing challenges posed to the security of Nigerians by herdsmen, saying President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to find a solution to them, has eroded all the achievements of his administration. Soyinka added that the carelessness and negligence of the Buhari’s administration to...

  Riyad Mahrez rifled in a stoppage-time free-kick to earn Algeria a dramatic 2-1 victory over three-time champions Nigeria on Sunday and set up a rematch with Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations final. Algeria led through a first-half own goal by William Troost-Ekong before Nigeria equalised with an...

Novak Djokovic again proved the toughest of nuts for Roger Federer to crack to claim his fifth Wimbledon title on Sunday. It was the first All England Club final match to be decided by a tiebreaker. The Serbian repelled everything the Federer could throw at him in am epic final...

  A tax expert, Mr Kenneth Chukwu said that Nigeria could generate more revenue through taxation of Investors rather than granting tax concessions to encourage them to stay in the country. Chukwu said this on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigera (NAN) in Abuja. He said...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) says the lending policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will normalise the credit markets, spur economic growth and broaden the interface between entrepreneurs and the banking industry. Mr Muda Yusuf, Director-General of LCCI, said this in an interview with the...

  Report ascribed to me is falsehood, fake news EFCC counsel denies criticising Buhari’s Govt   A legal practitioner, Wahab Shittu, has described as falsehood and fake news, claims in the social media that he was disappointed in the anti-corruption crusade of the Federal Government which withdrew the charges against...

  Mrs Olufunmilola Adewumi, Principal Nutritionist at Amuwo Odofin Maternal and Child Centre (AOMCC) has advised diabetics to consider a lifestyle modification, particularly eating proper combination of foods, to avoid further complications to their health. Adewumi gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...

The appointment of Victor Apugo as the General Manager (GM) of Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) would most likely be brought to an abrupt end as governor Okezie Ikpeazu moves to sack him this week. Apugo was said to have succeeded his elder brother, Martins Apugo, but become a...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, transmitted a list of Commissioner-designates to the House of Assembly for ratification, in fulfilment of his election promise to accelerate his administration’s development agenda for Lagos State. The list contained twenty five names who are to assume duty as commissioners and special advisers upon ratification...