The Federal Government has suspended, indefinitely, the operations of microblogging and social networking service, Twitter, in Nigeria. This was announced on Friday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Segun Adeyemi. However, checks by our correspondent showed that Twitter is still up in Nigeria as of the time ... Read More »
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BREAKING: EFCC Demands all Managing Directors of Banks, Their Deputies And Executive Directors to Submit their Asset Forms
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC) has asked all Managing Directors of banks, their deputies and Executive Directors to submit their asset The Nation learnt they have up to two weeks to do so or risk 10-year jail term. The top executives are first on the list of bankers expected to declare their assets. According to a top source, the ... Read More »
To accelerate physical and socio-economic development in Lagos and Ogun states, Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Dapo Abiodun have launched a Joint Development Commission
•From left: Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN); Sanwo-Olu; Abiodun and Ogun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice Akingbolahan Adeniran during the signing of athe MoU. In several places, the boundaries between Lagos and Ogun states have blurred so much that telling them apart is almost an exercise in futility. This reality has confronted residents of ... Read More »
PROPOSED WASINMI AIRPORT WILL BOOST COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES IN IGA OLOWO, Says HRH OBA KAYODE KUSORO
Johnson onifade Abeokuta A prominent Traditional ruler in Ogun central senatorial district of ogun state His Royal majesty Oba kayode kusoro has declared that The location of the proposed Airport at WASINMI town would boost commercial activities in Iga Olowu and its environs . According to oba kayode Adio kusoro the oluaga of Iga Olowo land ... Read More »
FIRSTBANK CLINCHES ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION; RANKED SECOND MOST ADMIRED FINANCIAL SERVICES BRAND IN AFRICA
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has been ranked the second ‘most admired financial services brand’ in Africa – for the second straight year – at the 2021 Brand Africa 100: Africa’s Best Brands Event, held on Africa day, 25th May 2021. Brand Africa is an intergenerational movement to inspire a great Africa ... Read More »
A local AK-47 fabrication factory has been uncovered by the police in Jos
…. ‘Governor’s security adviser’s killers traced him to a restaurant’ A local AK-47 fabrication factory has been uncovered by the police in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. Two suspects belived to be behind the factory were paraded. Seventy nine others, suspected to be kidnappers, bandits, armed robbers, gun runners, and producers of fake number plates were also ... Read More »
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Stanbic IBTC Holdings Shareholders Excited By Dividend Payments, Bonus Shares Allotment
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, a member of Standard Bank Group, on Thursday, 27 May 2021 held its 9th Annual General Meeting (AGM) to adopt the company’s audited financial statements for the 2020 financial year amongst other resolutions. The AGM held by proxy in line with the NCDC COVID-19 guidelines. The highlight of the AGM was the declaration that a dividend of ... Read More »
NECO Registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma was not assassinated but died after a brief illness, his family has stated
The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer National Examinations Council, (NECO) Professor Godswill Obioma was not assassinated but died after a brief illness, his family has stated. Our correspodence gathered from a close family friend that the Registrar slumped in his room and was discovered by his wife and driver. The duo drove him to the hospital where he was certified ... Read More »
Armed Robbers rob 25 Oyo estate households, steal money with POS machine
Armed robbers numbering about 20 were said to have invaded Alaafia Estate at the Orogun area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, dispossessing residents of their money and other valuables. It was gathered that the hoodlums used Point of Sale machines to transfer money from the accounts of some residents, who did not have cash. They were said to have ... Read More »