archiveSeptember 2021

Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has released a list of names to make up his executive cabinet. The development is coming 10 months after he was sworn in for a second term in November 2020. See the full list below: 1) Barr. Osamudiamen Wole-lyamu (Oredo). 2) Mr. Chris Nehikhare...

Residents of six communities in Ife North Local Government Area of Osun have decried four months of power outage in the areas. They said that the total power blackout had paralysed economic and social activities, as well as raised the level of criminals activities in the communities. The affected towns...

A policeman, Sgt. Samuel Phillips, who was alleged to have been responsible for the killing an 18-year-old female admission seeker in the Ijeshatedo area of Surulere, Lagos State, has been dismissed and would be arraigned, the spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, has said. He stated this...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has approved activities lined up to mark Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. The minister was represented by Dr Ifeoma Anyanwutaku, Permanent Secretary in the ministry. Mohammed said the...

  Fidelity Bank Plc, is set to host the 11th and 12th editions of its Export Management Programme (EMP) to further boost Nigerian businesses for sustainable export capabilities. The Managing Director, Fidelity Bank Plc, Mrs Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, disclosed in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

The Federal Government has alerted the general public to heightened security activities preparatory to the events marking the country’s 61st Independence anniversary. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, issued the security alert in a statement released in Abuja on Friday . He, however, urged residents of the...

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, September 23, 2021 arraigned a prominent Ilorin-based businessman based, Chukwudubem Ezenwa, for offences bordering on fraud before Justice Muhammed Sanni of the Federal High Court, Ilorin. Chukwudubem, who is the Managing Director of Chukwudubemapple Tech Limited,...

"We realised different copies are in circulation. We are investigating." The authorities at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have admitted that copies of its pamphlets containing security tips for staff and corps members contain the “embarrassing” clause that advises corps members to prepare for ransom payment if abducted. The...

A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu, says the value of the naira will fall from N570/$1 to N400/$1 at the parallel market if there is a massive rush of dollars into the Nigerian market through export earnings. Moghalu made this known in a PUNCH...

Images from the official handover of the former Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Dr. Kennie Obateru, to his successor, Mr. Garba Deen Muhammad, held at the NNPC Towers, on Thursday....