archiveJuly 12, 2021

  Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese, Ignatius Kaigama on Sunday beamed his searchlight on many Ministers of God who betray their priestly and prophetic mandate in order to please political leaders. He also called on Nigerians to stop the practice of giving ultimatum to strangers to leave where they had...

A Federal High Court in Lagos, today Monday July 12, adjourned till September 22, proceedings in the suit between Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Ltd and Rite Foods Ltd. In the suit, marked FHC/L/CS/92/2021, both firms are locked in battle over alleged similarities or not between the logos of their energy...

In its determined bid to fight the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Oyo State, on Monday, donated some equipment to the Biorepository Laboratory of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. The equipment, according to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Dr. Ayoola Adebisi, include a biosafety cabinet and thermocycler....

    The trial of Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and three others for an alleged N8.5billion fraud before Justice Ayokunle Faaji of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos continued on July 12, 2021, with the Economic and Financial...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today, Monday July 12, 2021 arraigned Naankang Dawan, his companies: Taen Nigeria Ltd, Lataen Engineering Ltd alongside Moruf Tunji Olukanmi before Justice D. V Agishi of the Federal High Court, Jos, Plateau State on a 31-count charge bordering on conspiracy, money laundering and...

*VP charges team, recalling notable exploits of 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney Olympics teams As Team Nigeria to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics prepares to leave the shores of the country, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has called on the team to replicate the performances of past Nigerian Olympians, noting that “you...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday said it was developing  a Tertiary Institutions’ Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES) to re-orientate, train and finance entrepreneurship ideas by Nigerian graduates. The CBN Governor, Dr Godwin Emefiele, stated this in a goodwill message to the 35th Conference of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities,...

The Nigerian stock market started the week’s transactions on Monday on a negative note with profit-taking in some blue chips. Specifically, the All-Share Index dipped 136.30 points or 0.36 per cent to close at 37,857.89 from 37,994.19 achieved on Friday. Accordingly, the month-to-date and year-to-date losses increased to 0.1 per...

 The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has described Nigeria as the most admired member country in the global oil market.The Secretary General of the Organisation, Dr Mohammad Barkindo, disclosed this in his congratulatory message released on Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s membership in OPEC. “Nigeria is...

 The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday said he would not be a party to any bill that sought to gag media practitioners. Gbajabiamila made the assertion at an award ceremony tagged ’’ Recognising Good Governance and Legislative Excellence in the Face of Adversity,” in...