archiveJanuary 2, 2023

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has contacted and consoled the husband and family of Mrs Bolanle Raheem, who was killed by a policeman on Christmas day in Lagos. It would be recalled that Raheem, who was pregnant, was fatally shot on December 25 by a police officer attached to the...

  The World Bank has said that interest payments on the Federal Government’s borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will gulp over 62 per cent of the nation’s revenue by 2027. The bank made the projection in the latest edition of its Nigeria Development Update (NDU) titled, ‘Nigeria’s...

  offers 8% interest on savings Ecobank Nigeria has again called on its customers to approach any of its branches to deposit old naira banknotes into their accounts to avoid last minute rush, also assuring them of gaining a minimum of 8 per cent interest on their saving. This is...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has mocked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar over the endorsement of Labour Party’s presidential candidate Peter Obi by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The governor said the move by Obasanjo who refused to endorse Atiku shows that there is...

Pa Ayo Adebanjo, the nonagenerian Leader of Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, has renewed his warning that Nigerians will face dire consequences of not voting Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in next year’s election, saying it would be akin to falling from fire into a furnace. His...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates with biometric challenges during registration for the 2023 UTME to proceed to its headquarters in Abuja. JAMB gave the directive in the latest edition of its bulletin released on Monday. The examination body said candidates who encounter biometric troubles during...

The Debt Management Office (DMO) on Monday announced as its first bonds issuance for 2023 two Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Savings Bonds for subscription. According to a statement by the DMO, one is a two-year FGN Savings Bond due in January 11, 2025, at the interest rate of 9.600...

  Former lawmaker, Shehu Sani has urged aggrieved politicians to stop attacking former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, over his endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi for the forthcoming poll. Recall that Obasanjo in his New Year message on Sunday declared that the former Anambra governor has...

If in this late hour of my life, I look back at the decades I have been through, first I see how many reasons I have to give thanks. First and foremost, I thank God Himself, the giver of every good gift, who gave me life and guided me through...

Rite Foods, Nigeria's market leader in the food and beverage industry has on New Year's Day, 1 January, 2023, rewarded consumers of its award-winning brands with free shopping opportunities at the Ikeja City Mall, in Lagos. The brand activation at the Rite Foods Wonder House at the Ikeja City Mall,...