archiveSeptember 2023

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) George Akume, has said the 2023 Independence Day anniversary will be held in a low-key fashion but failed to disclose the reason for the decision. Akume made the declaration in Abuja on Wednesday, while speaking to State House correspondents, after he...

  Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, described the death of Adebola Akin-Bright, the 12-year-old boy with missing intestines, who was admitted at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, as a painful loss to him. Business247 News reported that the boy died at LASUTH on Tuesday evening. The...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled a new online platform for the submission of microfinance bank (MFB) license applications. According to an official press release by the new platform known as CBN Licensing, Approval and Other Requests Portal (CBN LARP) would be replacing the current manual process which...

    The exchange of the Naira to the dollar plunged to a record low N983/$1 at the black market as currency traders said there no dollar to sell This represents a 2.93 per cent drop when compared with the N955/$1 that it traded on Tuesday as the foreign exchange...

      STATEMENT DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 78TH SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 18TH SEPTEMBER 2023   Mr. President, Heads of State and Government, Secretary-General, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. President, On...

  The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has called for the arrest and prosecution of those involved in the killing of security operatives in Imo state. The security agents affected comprising Police Officers, the Military, personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and the National...

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has revealed arrangements to transfer the boy whose intestines went missing in the process of surgery, Adebola Akin-Bright, to Great Ormond Street Hospital in the UK, were in the final stages before his demise. Business247 News reported that the 13-year-old boy died on...

  Fidelity Bank’s upcoming trade expo tagged, the Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect (FITCC Houston), has received a major boost as the Mayor, City of Houston, Sylvester Turner, has termed it, “A catalyst to support bilateral trade between Nigeria and Houston; and an opportunity for the Houston community and...

  A federal court in Chicago has given the Chicago State University (CSU) two days to release all records relating to President Bola Tinubu to Atiku Abubakar. Judge Jeffrey Gilbert also ordered a deposition of designated CSU officials within two days after the records have been released, noting further that...

Lagos state governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, has approved the payment of N375,455,000.00 (Three Hundred And Seventy-Five Million, Four Hundred And Fifty-Five Thousand Naira) for both fresh and subsequent scholarship and bursary awards for indigenes. The fund is designated to alleviate the financial burdens faced by Lagosians pursuing higher education...