archiveJune 2022

    The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has clarified that the man at the centre of the alleged transplant saga involving former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, Nwamini David Ukpo, is actually 21 and not 15 as alleged in many media reports. The Comptroller General of...

Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) at the weekend opened an application list to raise N300 billion in medium-term debt funding from the Nigerian capital market. The money is to finance the Dangote Petroleum Refinery being built in Lagos and due for completion in the first quarter of next year. The firm,...

    Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), has restated its determination to provide SMEs access to investors, seeking viable returns on investments. The Chief Executive Officer, NGX, Mr. Temi Popoola made this disclosure during his keynote address at the 2022 Annual Business Luncheon organised by the Capital Market Solicitors Association on...

The World Bank has said that fuel shortage and rising inflation will likely restrain economic growth in Nigeria. It said this in the June 2022 edition of its Global Economic Prospects report. The global financial institution had projected that Nigeria’s economy would grow by 3.4 per cent in 2022 but...

  Commission won’t recognize ‘imposed candidates’–Oyekanmi   The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday released the list and particulars of candidates vying for various positions at the federal level in the 2023 general elections. Missing on the list are the names of Senate President Ahmad Lawan, former minister of...

  Osinbajo meets road transport employers, encourages adoption of Autogas as preferred fuel source interacts virtually with Diaspora Professionals MACBAN supports National Livestock Transformation Plan Nigerians displaced in the North-East who are still in Cameroon would be coming home soon as the Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Returns and Resettlement...

  Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has appointed a former Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Oyo State chapter, Chief Ademola Ojo and an aspirant for the Oyo Central Senatorial seat, Mr. Wale Ajani as Deputy Chief of Staff and Director-General, Oyo State Liaison Office, Abuja,...

A group, the Northern Nigeria’s Front for Equity and Good Governance, has rejected the proposed Muslim-Muslim ticket as running mate to the All Progressives Congress’ presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, ahead of the 2023 presidency. The group also made public its endorsement of the Chairman, Northern Governors’ Forum and Plateau...

In its commitment to producing quality and refreshing products that appeal to consumers’ tastes, preferences and utmost satisfaction, Rite Foods Limited, Nigeria’s leading manufacturer of carbonated soft drinks, energy drinks, and sausages have expanded its product portfolio with the launch of a new range of refreshing fruit drink, Sosa Fruit...

Former Deputy National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has stressed the need for the party to put in more efforts toward winning the 2023 presidential election. He spoke on Thursday while briefing journalists at his office in Ikoyi, Lagos, after obtaining his Permanent Voter Card (PVC)...