archive2023

  Aleksander Ceferin was re-elected unopposed for a third term as president of UEFA at a meeting of European football’s governing body in Lisbon on Wednesday. The 55-year-old Slovenian lawyer, first elected in 2016 following the downfall of Frenchman Michel Platini, will remain in the role until 2027. Ceferin’s re-election...

The Federal Government has declared Friday 7 and Monday 10, April 2023 as public holidays to mark this year’s Easter celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration in Abuja. Aregbesola, in a statement signed by the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Shuaib Begore, on Wednesday, urged Christians to emulate...

The Federal Government has approved the sum of N320,345,040, 835 as the 2023 intervention funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday, during the Fund’s annual strategic planning workshop with all heads of...

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu-led government in Ondo has begun levying residents of the state the sum of one thousand naira as part of the strategy to fund the education sector. The Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Mr Olusegun Agagu, disclosed on Tuesday, at the unveiling of the State’s Education Endowment...

Former US President Donald Trump has been formally arrested after his arrival at a New York courthouse where he will become the first former US president to face criminal charges. The frontrunner to be the Republicans’ choice for the White House in 2024 surrendered to authorities at the Manhattan district...

  Out of 173 digital lending applications, a total of 119 have been granted approved to operate in Nigeria by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) while 54 have been granted conditional approvals while it bars illegal online bank. Operations of illegal lending apps led to the intervention...

As part of its 5-year strategic development plan, Access Bank, the commercial banking unit of Access Holdings Plc, received $300 million as capital investment from the parent company to further its expansion within Africa, Nigeria, it announced on Tuesday. According to Access Holdings in a statement, “The investment takes the...

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has described as unfortunate the claims made by the information minister, Lai Mohammed, accusing him of treason. In a series of tweets posted via his verified Twitter account on Tuesday, Obi claimed that the ongoing effort from some “high quarters” to...

    NSIA, Vitol sign $50M carbon avoidance & removal initiative in Nigeria stakeholders commend VP’s leadership on Energy Transition Plan   Given Africa’s status as the lowest emitters of carbon coupled with its young and vibrant population that is capable of effectively deploying green manufacturing on a large scale,...

  Justice Tijani Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has ordered the interim forfeiture of the sum of N725,345,897.77 and a property situated at Plot J 37A 218 Close, 2nd Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos linked to Patrick Akpobolokemi, a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime...