archiveMay 2021

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has dismissed an application filed by a suspected fraudster, Nelson Emuobosa Omo-Ode, challenging the ruling of the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos denying him bail. Omo-Ode, a 34-year-old Business Administration graduate of the Kuala Lumpur Metropolitan College, Malaysia, was arrested on July 18, 2019...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday disclosed that the Service Chiefs and Heads of Security Agencies would, on Thursday, appear before the Upper Chamber to brief it on efforts to address the spate of insecurity in the country. Lawan made the disclosure in an announcement during the commencement...

Heritage Bank has continually fulfilled its promises to support the Nigerian Creative Industry, as millionaires emerged from the YNSPYRE product in collaboration with the CREAM Platform. The YNSPYRE account holders who subscribed to the platform by dialing *745*463# on all networks won over N12million during the second monthly raffle draw...

 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has decried the low participation of the South-East in its economic intervention policies and programmes.The acting Director, Corporate Communications Department of the bank, Mr Osita Nwanisobi, disclosed this on Tuesday during the CBN Fair in Enugu. Nwanisobi said that the CBN intervention programmes were...

  Mr Amayo Osadiaye, Deputy Controller, Oko Medium Security Custodial Centre, Benin, Edo, says only two mentally-deranged inmates on death row returned after the EndSARS jailbreak of Oct. 19, 2020. Osadiaye made the disclosure on Tuesday during the visit of the state Chief Judge, Justice Esther Edigin, and members of...

  The Minister of Women Affairs, Sen. Pauline Tallen, has said 30 per cent of women and girls between the ages of 15-49 experience different forms of sexual abuse. Tallen said this, on Tuesday in Abuja, at a panel discussion to commemorate the International Day of the Midwife 2021, and...

 Activities on the nation’s bourse resumed the week and month on Tuesday with a loss of N17 billion following sell pressure on Lafarge Africa and MTN Nigeria Communications (MTNN). Specifically, the market capitalisation shed N17 billion or 0.08 per cent to close at N20.830 trillion from N20. 847 trillion recorded...

Jose Mourinho will take charge of Roma from next season having only recently left Tottenham but the Special One has discussed his vision for the Italian side Jose Mourinho has declared his desire to "build a winning project" after being appointed as the next Roma manager. The Special One has...

  Following the news of Bill and Melinda Gates divorce, their oldest child, Jennifer Gates, has spoken on the issue. Bill and Melinda announced on Monday that they will be going for a divorce after 27 years of marriage. They said they could no longer work together but will continue...

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy,  Dr.  Isa Pantami,  has extended the deadline for the linkage of the National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscriber Identity Module integration (SIM) until June 30, 2021. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by Director of Public Affairs of the Nigerian Communications Commission...