L-R: Bola Tinubu and Nduka Obaigbena Nduka Obaigbena, Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of THISDAY/ARISE Tv, has hit back at the directors of media and strategic communication of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council — Bayo Onanuga and Dele Alake — likening them to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party’s …
Read More »NSITF MD, Michael Akabogu in alleged fake NYSC certificate scandal
NSITF MD, Michael Akabogu Dr Michael Akabogu, the managing director /Chief Executive of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, (NSITF), is currently enmeshed in an alleged National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) fake certificate scandal. Akabogu who gained national attention recently for failing to justify the spending of the sum of N17.1 …
Read More »Sell-off shares in DisCos, FG gives banks ultimatum
Nigeria’s federal government has instructed banks with majority shares in the country’s six electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to divest within 12 months. Abubakar Aliyu, Minister of Power, who gave the ultimatum, said the government was monitoring the operations and divestment process of the six DisCos to ensure compliance with the …
Read More »I’ve done my best for Nigerians, Buhari declares
Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s president, says he has done his best for Nigerians. Buhari stated this while welcoming the secretary general of the Abu Dhabi Forum, Sheikh Al-Mahfoudh Bin Bayyah and his deputy, Pastor Bob Roberts of the U.S., who visited him in Washington, according to a statement by …
Read More »Court Orders BoI To Reinstate, Pay All Entitlements To Father Of Four
‘You Have No Right To Force Employers To Resign,’ A father of four, Mr. Sonny Ekedayen has received justice against the Bank of Industry after his appointment was wrongfully terminated by the bank in 2015. Ekedayen, who got justice after suing the bank in Suit No NICN/LA/569/2015, claimed that he …
Read More »Blackmailers After Me, Using My Nude Video To Demand N1.5million – Oyo State Broadcaster
Sonde claimed that when he demanded the blackmailer to send him a copy of the video which he obliged him, it was a video of him (Sonde) alone in his bedroom. Popular broadcaster and owner of YES FM radio, Ibadan, Oyo State, Mr Yemi Sonde, has cried out to the …
Read More »Wema Banks comes tops in the 2022 Nigeria Bankers Games
Wema Bank, one of Nigeria’s most innovative banks, emerged the overall winner in the just concluded 2022 edition of the Nigeria Bankers Games with a record-breaking 22 medals. At the end of the games, reputed as the most prestigious sporting competition in the Nigerian banking industry, the bank stood at …
Read More »The Address Homes Harps on Professionalism as Lagos Seeks Support to Halt Real Estate Fraud
A property development company, The Address Homes, has commended the drive by the Lagos State Government to tackle quackery and fraudulent activities in the real estate sector, describing the just-concluded 3rd Real Estate Market Place Conference and Exhibition as a huge platform created to deepen professionalism in the industry. The …
Read More »Blinken, Tony Elumelu, convene U.S. and African entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, for U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
December 12, 2022, Washington D.C.: About 300 entrepreneurs, investors, and celebrities took part in the opening reception for the US-Africa Leaders Summit, the investment-focused “Innovators Gathering”, honoring the influx of two-way investment and trade opportunities set to be announced at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. The Innovators Gathering: Investing in U.S.-Africa Cultural …
Read More »Dangote Cement Shareholders Unanimously approve a 10% share Buy-back Programme4
Shareholders of Dangote Cement, unanimously on Tuesday authorised the Management of the company to undertake a share buyback of up to 10 percent of its issued shares, effective from the date of the resolution. The company had earlier indicated an interest in undergoing a share buyback programme, in respect …
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