archiveApril 2024

  In a proactive step to provide electricity to several millions of Africans without access to power, the World Bank has adopted initiatives that will make energy available to a greater number of Africans currently without electricity. By World Bank estimates, nearly 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa live without...

  Following his assent to a bill for change of Osun State logo, Governor Ademola Adeleke has directed the holding of a logo crafting competition to hold between April 19th and 26th. Those submitting a design are to take into account the prototype logo in terms of its contents and...

The Society for Quality Healthcare in Nigeria (SQHN) has begun training for healthcare workers to improve the safety and quality of their service delivery to patients in the country. The Quality Specialist Executive Manager, SQHN, Dr Damilola Matti, made this known at the opening of a two-day workshop organised by...

    Human Rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana SAN, on Wednesday, said no court of law can prevent the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) from prosecuting the former governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, over alleged theft of N84bn from the coffers of the state. Falana’s reaction came on...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Thursday, April 18, 2024 arraign a former governor of Kogi State,  Yahaya Adoza  Bello before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. He will be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite alongside three other suspects,  Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman and Abdulsalam Hudu...

-declares a final dividend of 60kobo per share Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has released its 2023 full year Audited Financial Statements, reporting a 131.5% growth in Profit Before Tax to N 124,26 billion. According to the results, which was issued to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) today, the bank...

  The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Monday received a cheque of $1 million from Nedogas Development Company Limited (NDCL), being part of the return on investment (ROI) on one of the Board’s strategic investments. The cheque was presented by the Chairman of the company, Engr. Emeka...

  The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, says he would stand trial only if the court grants him bail. Kanu whose proscribed group is seeking a secession of the five southeastern Nigeria states and parts of the south-south region, faces treason charges at the...

  The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, arraigned a businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, a.k.a Cubana Chief Priest, on a three-count charge bordering on abuse of the Naira before Justice Kehinde Ogundare sitting at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi,...

The Kebbi State Government has handed over ten hectares of land to the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) for the establishment of Agricultural Machinery Development Institute (AMEDI) today in Birni Kebbi. This was in line with the Federal Government's directive that the six geopolitical zones in the...