Lionel Messi Inter Miami owner Jorge Mas has revealed it took three years of negotiations to bring Lionel Messi to the Major League Soccer club. The Argentine World Cup winner, 36, is set to be officially announced as a Miami player after ending his two-year spell at Paris Saint-Germain. Messi’s …
Read More »Seun Kuti’s assault trial stalled
File Photo: Seun Kuti handcuffed Absence of Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatubosun of a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, on Monday stalled proceedings in an assault case brought against afrobeat singer Seun Kuti. Kuti and his counsel, as well as prosecution team, were in court but the court could not …
Read More »I’m interested in becoming Senate Minority Leader – Abba Moro
Benue South Senator Patrick Abba Moro The Senator representing Benue South Senatorial District, Senator Patrick Abba Moro has confirmed that he is bidding for the position of minority leader in the 10th Senate. As the Senate resumes tomorrow (July 4) from its post-inauguration break, the selection of principal officers will …
Read More »Anambra divorcee Nneamaka Nwosu, sets police woman, 2 children ablaze
Crime A divorcee, identified as Nneamaka Nwosu, has reportedly thrown Nnokwa community, in Idemili South Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State into mourning with the setting ablaze of a police woman and her two children. The deceased police woman was said to have taken Nwosu in after she was …
Read More »Court orders PSC to pay rtd AIG Mbu N40m general damages
The National Industrial Court on Monday ordered the Police Service Commission, to pay retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Joseph Mbu, the sum of N40 million as general damages. The payment as ordered by Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, was for the unlawful retirement of Mbu before he attained the mandatory age …
Read More »CBN seeks FUTA’s partnership on eNaira
Central Bank of Nigeria building The Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday sought the partnership of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, in adopting the newly introduced digital currency known as eNaira. The apex bank urged the university to adopt the new system for financial transactions within the …
Read More »FOR FOURTEEN YEARS IN A ROW, ZENITH BANK RETAINS ITS POSITION AS NIGERIA’S NUMBER ONE BANK BY TIER-1 CAPITAL IN THE 2023 TOP 1000 WORLD BANKS RANKING
Zenith Bank Plc has retained its ranking as the Number One Bank in Nigeria by Tier-1 Capital in the 2023 Top 1000 World Banks’ Rankings, published by The Banker Magazine. For the fourteenth year in a row, the Bank has held its position as the number one Tier-1 bank in …
Read More »Tinubu Meets With Service Chiefs In State House
President Bola Tinubu is currently meeting the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and service chiefs at the State House, Abuja. This is the first in-person meeting with the service chiefs since their appointment on June 19. Those present include: Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen. C.G Musa; Chief of Army …
Read More »Traders, Informal Sector Workers To Commence VAT Payment, Says FIRS
FIRS Chairman, Muhammad Mamman Nami The Federal Inland Revenue Service has said that traders and workers in the informal sector will begin to pay Value Added Tax. The FIRS is also planning to introduce Identity Cards that would help it identify tax payers. The State-owned tax agency made the disclosure …
Read More »Court discharges 22 banks in N4.7bn garnishee proceedings against NNPC, PPMC
The Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos Nigeria A Federal High Court, in Lagos has discharged 22 banks from N4,7139,686.78, a garnishee proceeding filed by Glonik Industries limited and Glonik Hotels limited, against Nigeria National Petroleum Company limited (NNPC), and its sister company, Pipeline and Products Marketing Ltd. The presiding Judge …
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