archiveSeptember 4, 2023

The International Association of Deposit Insurers, African Regional Committee (IADI-ARC) has appointed the Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Mr. Bello Hassan its Vice Chairperson. According to a press statement by Mr. Bashir Alhassan Nuhu, Director, and Communication & Public Affairs of the Corporation made available...

  Dr. Ifekandu Bennett Omalu is a native of Urunnebo Village, Enugwu Ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. Born on September 1st, 1968. He attended both primary and secondary schools in Nigeria. And for his tertiary education he proceeded to the University of Nigeria Nsukka, where he...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday insisted that the declaration of  President Bola Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election in Nigeria is fraudulent. The party made the submission while reacting to the date fixed by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) to deliver its...

  The Federal Government has appealed to the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve its planned two-day warning strike slated to commence on Tuesday. The appeal was made on Monday by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, in Abuja. He identified the reverse of the...

  A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has asked the Department of State Services (DSS) to release the detained suspended chairman of the Ijebu East Local Government in Ogun State, Wale Adedayo. The council boss had accused Governor Dapo Abiodun of diverting the statutory allocations of the 20...

The newly installed President and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) Dr. Ike Neliaku has expressed its (NIPR) determination to kick quacks and unqualified persons from the profession. Dr. Neliaku who stated shortly after taking over the NIPR leadership role at the weekend...

Nigerian banks have issued a notice to embark on a two-day nationwide strike. The banks said financial services would be withdrawn on September 5 and 6, 2023. The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institution Employees (NUBIFE) gave the directive in a memo dated September 2, 2023, signed by...

  The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has flagged off the commencement of operations of the Lagos Blue Rail Mass Transit on Monday as he took the inaugural ride of the train. The governor boarded the train around 9: 07 a.m. at the Marina train station on Monday. Before the...

  Nigerians have taken to social media to express their reactions to a claim by the Department of State Services (DSS) that it has uncovered plans by some elements in parts of the country to stage violent protests across the country. The DSS in a statement issued on Monday by...

President Bola Tinubu has reassured Nigerians of his determination not to fail the country in carrying out a permanent transformation of the nation’s economy to an enduring prosperity. Tinubu said this while receiving members of Tinubu Support Organisation (TSO) on a solidarity visit to the Presidential Villa, Abuja. This is...