THE Senate’s Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has summoned the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Sole Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr Effiong Akwa, over non-payment of N2.2bn to contractors. The committee said it was acting on petitions filed by Akom Survey Services Limited over alleged refusal by the minister and the ... Read More »

An Osun State High Court, Osogbo presided by Justice Oyebola Ojo has ruled that Hilton Hotel owner, Dr. Rahmon Adedoyin, and six workers have a case to answer over the death of an MBA student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. Newsthumb reports that the defendants’ counsel led by Yusuf Alli, SAN told the court at the last sitting ... Read More »

R-L: Jude Monye, Executive Director, Heritage Bank Plc; Oluwatoyin Owoade, Experience Centre Associate, Lagos Island, Zone 1; Dr Stephanie Oarhe, Convener, Heart to Heart Foundation; Reverend Chris Oarhe, Co-Convener, Heart to Heart Foundation and Ozena Utulu, Ag. Group Head, Corporate Communication, Heritage Bank, during the bank’s partnership with Heart-to-Heart Foundation conference in Lagos. In alignment with the Central Bank of ... Read More »

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, has reacted to rumours of his purported presidential bid in 2023, stating that he is focused on strengthening the country’s economy. In a series of tweets on his Twitter handle @GodwinIEmefiele on Monday, the CBN Governor said his commitment at this time is to to give all support to ensure ... Read More »

Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings, has been awarded the Best Cash Management Bank and the Best Trade Finance and Supply Finance Provider in Nigeria at the 2022 edition of the Cosmopolitan The Daily Business Awards, which held recently. Organised by Cosmopolitan The Daily Business publication, the business award recognises financial organisations globally with exceptional strategy, ... Read More »

All Progressives Congress National Leader, Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, cancelled his 13th Birthday Colloquium to honour the victims of Kaduna train attack. He made the announcement at Eko Hotels in Lagos, the venue of the 13th Bola Ahmed Tinubu Colloquium with the theme, ‘Pivoting Nigeria Into The New Order’. According to him, the attack was a “national tragedy” and over ... Read More »

Azman Air has announced the suspension of flights to Kaduna over the recent attack on the Kaduna International Airport. The airline’s management disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday. Our correspondent, on Saturday, reported how terrorists had shot into the runway of the airport, killing a security guard. The terrorists were, however, repelled by security operatives. An Azman Air ... Read More »

From Left to Right- Head of Corporate Services , Abuja Enterprise Agency, Mustapha Shaba, Head Of Asset Management, Abuja Enterprise Agency, Chudi Ugwada Ezerigwe, Head Human Resources, Development Bank of Nigeria,  Uche Ogbonnaya and Head SME Banking Wema Bank, Arthur Nkemeh at the just concluded Third edition of the Wema Bank SME Business School in Abuja last Week.   Read More »

Polaris Bank in partnership with CIG Motors has introduced ‘Easy Buy’, an affordable vehicle finance scheme meant to make vehicle acquisition and ownership easier for its teeming customers, prospects and fleet buyers in the country. The Bank and the auto giant announced the scheme on Friday at a joint press conference in Lagos to announce the newly-reviewed partnership with improved ... Read More »

Mr Falana said the AGF, despite being a defendant in all the cases, did not draw the attention of both Ibadan and Umuahia divisions of the Federal High Court to the Abuja division’s restraining order concerning section 84(12) of the Electoral Act. ByAmeh Ejekwonyilo March 27, 2022 6 min read Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Sunday, accused the Attorney ... Read More »