archiveJune 2023

  President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the indefinite suspension from the office of Mr. AbdulRasheed Bawa, CON, as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to allow for proper investigation into his conduct while in office. According Nigerian Television Authority’s (NTA) report, this follows weighty allegations...

    The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) to immediately dissolve the highly controversial Nigeria Air. Onyema made this plea to the President on Wednesday during an interview with Arise TV where the Air Peace CEO...

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government and state governments to start taking proactive measures to prevent destructive flooding in the country. The immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, who resigned his membership of the 10th House on Wednesday, presented the motion to raise...

The Senate has written President Bola Tinubu on the inauguration of the 10th Assembly. This followed a motion by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin during plenary on Wednesday. Moving the motion, Jibrin said “That the Senate do send a message to Mr. President C-in-C informing him that a quorum...

The Federal Government on Wednesday, June 14, announced its plans to initiate the disbursement of student loans starting in September and October 2023. David Adejo, the Permanent Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education on behalf of the federal government confirmed this update during a media interaction held in Abuja....

  The market capitalization of the Nigeria Exchange Limited recorded 3.13 per cent growth at the close of market transactions on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. This was the highest in the last 15 years, that was March 3, 2008 In monetary values, investors on The Exchange gained N991.7 billion as...

HUMAN Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over alleged ‘fraudulent’ unveiling of Nigeria Air. It described as indefensible excuses given for the “shabby” deal. In a statement by its National Coordinator,...

Access Bank Plc has unveiled two new consumer credit cards: the Access Bank American Express Gold Card and the Metal Platinum Card, the first American Express cards to be issued in Nigeria and West Africa. With the introduction of these cards, Access Bank has improved its overall offering to its...

Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has bragged about sleeping with female advisers urging his first wife, Zainab Omobewaji, to dump him. Portable was said to have made this known in a video shared on Instagram, stating there is no space for those advising his wife to...

The Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has said it will give N500, 000.00 to its best-graduating student, Imoitesemeh Yusuf, of the Department of Law. Yusuf graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.00 (First Class Honours). The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, made this known on Wednesday during the...