Frank Lampard Chelsea FC have appointed Frank Lampard, former midfielder and coach, as their caretaker manager until the end of the season. Owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali said on Thursday that they were “delighted to welcome Frank back to Stamford Bridge”, days after the sacking of Graham Potter. Details …
Read More »Afenifere to Lai Mohammed: You lied in US over 2023 polls
Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has told the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that he lied in his comments in the United States of America on the 2023 general election in Nigeria. Afenifere made its position known in a statement issued by its Secretary-General, Chief Sola Ebiseni, on …
Read More »APC-led Government wants me to go on exile — Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party for the February 25, 2023 elections in Nigeria, Peter Obi, has said he is being pressured by agents of the Nigerian government to go on exile. The former two-term Governor of Anambra State disclosed this on Wednesday in a series of tweets on …
Read More »Fresh promissory notes raising national debt – DMO
DG, Debt Management Office, Patience Oniha The Director-General of the Debt Management Office, Ms Patience Oniha, has said promissory notes, budget deficit and constant borrowing have led to an increase in public debt. She said this while speaking on Wednesday on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme. While expressing her …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC Set To Hold 6th Edition of Youth Leadership Series
Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc, a member of Standard Bank Group, has announced that the 6th edition of its annual Youth Leadership Series (YLS) will hold on 6 April 2023. The theme for this year’s edition is “Winning in Career and Business. YLS is a flagship initiative of Stanbic IBTC designed …
Read More »NAFDAC seals Abuja shops for selling unregistered sex enhancers
NAFDAC Logo The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Wednesday in Abuja sealed two shops for allegedly selling unapproved products to Nigerians. The shops are located in the Zuba Central motor park and Utako main market. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some of the …
Read More »Why court suspended Labour Party chairman, 3 other National Officers
Labour Party Chairman, Julius Abure The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure, National Secretary, Alhaji Farouk Ibrahim and two others became another set of political parties’ executives to be suspended from office since the end of the 2023 elections on Wednesday. Abure and Njoku were barred from …
Read More »President Buhari approves disbursement of N320bn to tertiary institutions
File Photo: President Buhari signing the bills into law President Muhammadu Buhari has approved N320 billion as the 2023 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) disbursement to tertiary institutions. The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Mr. Sonny Echono, said this at the Annual Strategic Planning Workshop organized for Heads of Beneficiary Institutions in …
Read More »FG To Disburse Over N371bn To 50 Million Nigerians As Subsidy Removal Bonus
Zainab Ahmed, Minister Of Finance, Budget And National Planning The federal government through the Ministry of Finance, Budget, and National Planning says it has secured the sum of $800 million (N371,600,000,000) from the World Bank, as part of a subsidy removal benefit. The Finance Minister Zainab Ahmed while addressing newsmen …
Read More »NSIA, Vitol Sign Joint Venture Agreement For Carbon Avoidance, Removal Projects
Vice President Yemi Osinabo, SAN with L-R Michael Curran, Head of Environmental Products, Vitol, Richard Egan, Business Development (Africa), Vitol, Mrs. Zainab S. Ahmed, Hon Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning and Mr. Aminu Umar-Sadiq, MD & CEO, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority during the agreement signing ceremony at the …
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