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The Super Eagles of Nigeria played a goalless draw against Sierra Leone in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers at the Siaka Stevens Stadium, Freetown on Tuesday. The Eagles failed to redeem their image after they squandered a 4-0 lead to draw 4-4 in the first leg played at...

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court Abuja, on Monday, November 16, 2020 adjourned the trial of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe till February 8 and 9, 2021. Okupe is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC alongside his...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Monday asked that the 2021 budget which is still being processed by the National Assembly be mindful of the rate of youth unemployment in the country. Lawan spoke in Abuja against the backdrop of the recent End SARS protests in the country, at...

The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has asked owners and occupiers of illegal structures and shanties around Fagba along Abbatior new Oko-Oba area of the state to “remove them with their belongings immediately”. This was contained in a statement titled, ‘#FAGBA: LASG Serves 7 Days Removal Order...

 Chief Adegboyega Adegoke, Executive Director, OES Energy Services Limited, has urged governments at all levels in the country to exploit the revenue generating potentials of  the hospitality, tourism and cultural sector in order to diversify the nation’s economy. Speaking at the inauguration of his hospitality edifice: Channel 8 Premium Hotel, Bodija,...

The immediate past Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr. Babatunde Fowler, has returned to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the second round of interrogation. According to THISDAY report on Wednesday, Fowler, who is also a former Chairman of the Lagos Inland Service (LIRS), was...

Mrs Ibukun Awosika, Chairman, First Bank Nigeria Limited, says there is a link between ethical leadership and corporate governance practices, in achieving improved business operations and profitability in the nation. Awosika spoke at the Institute of Directors (IoD) 2020 Annual Directors’ Conference, which held both physically and virtually on Tuesday...

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has promised to assist the tenants and shop owners at the Circle Mall in Lekki, whose shops and stores were recently looted and razed by hoodlums. On Wednesday, October 21, hoodlums went on the rampage and looted property worth billions of naira at Circle...

The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for Restitution for Victims of SARS and Related Abuses and Other Matters visited the Lekki Toll gate scene of the attack. The Chairman of the nine-man panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi (retd.), and others were taken around the scene of the shootings by officials...

Igbo leading socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has lauded the former Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Dr. (mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala over her emergence as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) describing it as a reward for excellence which she represents. The President-General of the body, John Nnia Nwodo, in a statement...