archiveNovember 2021

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Enugu Zonal Command has secured the conviction of a former manager with Sterling Bank and Account Relationship Officer of OHHA Microfinance Bank. Mr Oliver Anidiobi before Justice C.O Ajah of the Enugu State High Court, Enugu on a 32-count charge bordering on...

  An Enugu based group, Potters Wheel Foundation has urged the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control Agency (NAFDAC) to waive some requirements for new entrepreneurs in the country. Mr Godson Onuzulike, the President of the foundation stated this on Tuesday during the training of 310 youths...

The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) has tasked the Federal Government to investigate and unravel those behind the invasion of the residence of Justice Mary Odili, a justice of the Supreme Court. Mr Solomon Awomolo, speaking on behalf of the  SANs after a closed meeting with the Attorney-General...

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has arrived in Akwa, the capital of Anambra State and immediately went into consultation with the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Echeng E. Echeng. He is currently meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd has urged the public not to engage in panic buying of petroleum products, as the company has sufficient stock of the products. Garba Muhammad, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC in a statement on Tuesday said that the stock of the...

No fewer than 15 dead bodies and nine injured persons have been dug out of the rubbles of the collapsed 21-storey building at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi Lagos. The Southwest Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is set to host a stakeholders’ engagement forum as part of activities lined up for the implementation of the Fifth Generation (5G) Technology Deployment Plan in the country. The forum will afford industry stakeholders, the opportunity to discuss the draft Information Memorandum (IM) for...

  The Association of Bursars of Nigerian Universities ( ABNU) says it has sent some of its members to understudy Ghana’s universities revenue generation formula.The National Chairman of the association, Dr Victor Imagbe, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of its ongoing Annual Conference and...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections continues to rise as 90 additional cases were registered with two deaths on Monday. The NCDC disclosed this in its daily COVID-19 report on Tuesday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 90 additional cases reported on...

  The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has stated that between 2006 and 2020, over 1,200 professionals lost their lives the same way, and in nine out of ten cases, the killers go unpunished. No fewer than 62 journalists were killed just for doing their jobs in 2020....