archiveJuly 2020

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of 39 non-career and one career ambassadors for Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari had on July 1, 2020 in a letter requested the upper chamber to confirm the appointment of 41 non-careers ambassadors-designate. The confirmation of the nominees was sequel to the consideration of...

Access Bank Plc on Wednesday splashed N87.74 million on over 1,000 customers who emerged winners at the second quarterly draw of DiamondXtra Season 12 reward scheme. Mr Rob Giles, the bank’s Head, Retail Product Insight and Capabilities, said the winners emerged five categories. He said the categories were: Salary-4-Life, Rent...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to arraign the duo of Sarah Omeigha Ajibola and John Ozovehe Demide before a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, for allegedly conspiring to rig the 2018 general elections of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, The EFCC had, on May...

FBN Holdings has urged retail investors to go beyond speculation and invest in stocks with strong fundamentals, sound management and potentials for growth. Mr Tolulope Olugbenro Oluwole, FBNH Head, Investor Relations, stated this at the Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CAMCAN) virtual forum on Wednesday in Lagos. Oluwole equally...

The House of Representatives has directed the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to immediately locate John Ugbe, the Chief Executive Officer of Multichoice Nigeria, operators of DSTV, and test him for COVID-19 virus. The call was issued to the Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Ihekweazu Chikwe, on Wednesday by...

The management of Ogun State based Sofunix International College, has lauded the feat of its ex-head boy, Mr. Adeshina Badejo, who recently graduated with a first class degree in Petroleum and Gas Engineering from the University of Lagos, with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.58. Badejo emerged the...

The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Muhammad Nami, has listed about 50 types of chargeable transactions which require stamp duty. He explained that some of the chargeable transactions were bank deposit or transfer, loan agreement, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) related to land, sales agreement, will,...

An Magistrates’ Court in Igarra, Edo on Wednesday sentenced a 31-year-old security guard, Sunday Akpeji, to nine years imprisonment with hard labour for raping a seven-year-old girl. The police charged Akpeji with defilement. Magistrate Nosa Musoe, held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubts with the evidence...

• Says reforms must meet expectations of Nigerians President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has charged the Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to engage relevant stakeholders with a view to reforming Nigeria’s electoral process. Lawan gave the charge in his remark after referring the confirmation of the nomination...

Justice J. K.Dagat of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano, Kano State., on Wednesday, July21, 2020 convicted and sentenced Saad Ahmed Madaki to ten years imprisonment. He was arraigned by the Kano Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on one- count charge of obtaining money...