archiveAugust 23, 2021

Chelsea striker, Romelu Lukaku, has said he would “never” sign for Arsenal, following their 2-0 win over the Gunners on Sunday. Lukaku only completed his return to Stamford Bridge last week, joining in a £97.5million deal from Inter Milan. The 28-year-old scored the first goal at the Emirates, before Reece...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari fix security challenges confronting the country to prevent a repeat of what happened in Afghanistan in Nigeria. The General Secretary of CAN Joseph Daramola revealed the position of the body in a statement on Monday. “We charge the...

The management of the University of Ibadan (UI) has called for the nomination of Senate representatives, into the search team for the 13th Vice Chancellor of the institution. A statement by the Director of Public Communication, Office of the Vice Chancellor, Mr Tunji Oladejo in Ibadan, and signed by the...

    Bank Directors Association of Nigeria (BDAN) has announced the appointment of Fidelity Bank Plc’s Chairman, Mr Mustafa Chike-Obi as president, following the completion of Mrs Osaretin Demuren’s tenure, effective Aug. 23. This is contained in a statement issued by the Executive Secretary of the association, Ms Adebukola Orenuga,...

Four customers of Ecobank Nigeria Limited, including Tsoo Alaye, with an Ecobank Microfinance Special Account representing FCT / Northern Region; Badero Modupe Olufunmilayo, with a Personal Flexi Account, representing Lagos Region; Omiwole Damilare Daniel, with an Ecobank Microfinance Special Account, representing Midwest and South West Region; and Hayford Gogo Lawson,...

As report of third wave of COVID-19 continues to rise, the Capital Market Support Committee for COVID-19 (CMSCC) has donated 2000 protective suits to the Lagos State Government. The CMSCC is a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) led committee, comprised of the capital market community and set up to galvanize...

  Nigerian households are reverting to the use of firewood as alternative cooking fuel as prices of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) or cooking gas and Kerosene continued to rise. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) the price of household kerosene rose to N520 per litre in some states...

Widow of Nigeria’s first military ruler, Lady Victoria Nwanyiocha Aguiyi-Ironsi, is dead. She was said to have died at 5.00am on Monday, exactly one day after her friend, age mate and wife of the former Premier of Eastern Nigeria, Adanma Okpara, died. Her husband, Gen. Johnson Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi, was the...

The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been drawn to a post on Instagram by one Dorothy Bachor, alleging that operatives of the Commission broke into her home in the early hours of today, 23rd August, 2021 The Commission can confirm that operatives from the Lagos...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said Nigeria logged 187,023 total confirmed COVID-19 infections as of August 22. The NCDC made this known via its website Monday morning, adding that the country reported 388 additional COVID-19 infections on August 22. It said the recent surge in infections was...