archiveDecember 22, 2019

  Telecommunication giant, Globacom, sparkled recently in London when it was adjudged as the “Brand of the Year” 2019-2020 Telecommunications-Mobile at the 2019 World Branding Awards. The organizers of the award, World Branding Forum (WBF), said Globacom was chosen along with other international brands following a survey and global poll...

  The military at the weekend retired 527 soldiers, ratings and airmen from service with a charge to remain committed, loyal and patriotic to the Nigerian State. The retirees, comprising 228 from the Nigerian Army (NA), 118 from the Nigerian Navy (NN) and 181 trainees from the Nigerian Air Force...

The Federal Government (FG) is making moves to rescue Nigerians trapped in various mining areas in Mali. The government through the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has begun profiling the victims and working out modalities for evacuating them back to Nigeria. This is being done...

  Lagos State government, at the weekend, signed a Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) agreement with six private property developers to deliver 8,272 units of hostel in 18 months at the Lagos State University (LASU) campus thus making it a residential institution after 36 years of existence. The deal will...

  An extra-time goal from Roberto Firmino gave European champions Liverpool a 1-0 victory over Brazil’s Flamengo to win the Club World Cup at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha on Saturday. Brazilian Firmino drilled home the winner in the ninth minute of extra time to secure victory for Juergen...

  United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has said that the largest cash bribes were paid to elected local and state government officials as revealed by the 2019 Corruption Survey. Relatively large average amounts were also paid to embassy and consulate officers, prosecutors, Federal Road Safety Corps officials,...

  sets up committee to dialogue with workers says' govt's successes in six months due to prudent management, personal sacrifices   Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Saturday that his government was on the same page with civil servants on the new N30,000 minimum wage for workers. The...

The President of Africa Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, saturday in Abuja, disclosed that the bank supported Nigeria out of recession in 2017 by pumping funds in the region of $600 million into the then receding Africa’s largest economy. Adesina disclosed  this while delivering a speech at the 56th...

  Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde on Saturday said those who spent the N5.2 billion received by the state between May 6 and 29, 2019, leaving a balance of N19, 000 have questions to answer on how the money was spent. Makinde, who disclosed this during the quarterly media chat...

As criticisms continue to mount over the N37 billion earmarked for the renovation of the Phase one section of the National Assembly, the Senate on Saturday said that no Senator would derive personal gain from the project. It explained that the money would not be spent by the National Assembly,...