archiveJuly 2020

Following is the draw for the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals and semi-finals, which was held at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday. Four quarter-finalists were confirmed before the COVID-19 pandemic suspended the season, while the remaining four last 16 second leg matches will be played at the respective clubs’...

The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ese- Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday resigned his membership of the party. The Chairman, Samuel Olorunwa Ajayi, who tendered his resignation letter at the party’s secretariat revealed that he has already decamped to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP....

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) says the unification of the country’s exchange rate is a welcome development that will engender increased investment inflow in the real sector of the economy. Mr Mansur Ahmed, MAN President, made this remark in a report made available to newsmen on Friday in Lagos....

The Police Command in Anambra says it has commenced investigation into alleged murder of a four year-old boy by his biological father. The Police Spokesman in the state, Mr Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Awka, noted that the suspect is 35 years old. Mohammed...

A new monthly newsmagazine, Gaskia, is coming out soon to brighten and give fresh breathe and colour to the Nigerian media space. According to a press statement from the organisation, signed by Mr Dele Fashomi, the Executive Editor of the magazine, it will be published under the stable of Gaskia...

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), says the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the suspension of the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Malami said this in a statement by his Spokesman, Umar Gwandu, on Friday. He subsequently appointed the EFCC...

A first prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Dauda Lawal, Executive Director, First Bank Plc, has told Justice Muslim Hassan of the Federal High sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he delivered 12 padlocked bags containing $70m to an Abuja-based banker on the instruction of a former Minister of Petroleum...

Justice I.M Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday, July 9, 2020 convicted and sentenced one Gloria Monday to two years imprisonment for dealing in petroleum products without a licence. Monday was arraigned on Thursday by the Port Harcourt Zonal office of the...

Residents of Lagos State have been warned against the unscrupulous acts of some swindlers who parade themselves as agents engaged by the State Government to sell housing units in the state owned Housing Estates. The Commissioner of Housing, Moruf Akinderu-Fatai stated this during a monthly review of the activities of...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday signed the N10.8 trillion revised 2020 budget into law. Buhari signed the document at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja at 11.06 am on Friday. The President explained that the budget had to be revised because of the effect of coronavirus on the...