VFD Group has recognized education as one of the building blocks of any nation as it renovated administrative block and provided some educational materials for Uga Boys Secondary School, and Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Anambra state, respectively. The financial institution, which donated the educational aids to mark its 10thanniversary on …
Read More »Heritage Bank celebrates International Men’s Day
Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s Most Innovative Banking Service Provider celebrated International Men’s Day 2019 themed: “Making a difference for Men and Boys”, with event held at every Experience Centres- ECs (branches) of the bank across the country. The financial institution leveraged on this theme and coined a personal theme, which …
Read More »Kogi Decides: Thugs snatch 8 ballot boxes, INEC official kidnapped, 2 shot
Thugs in police uniform have invaded Ward A of Crowther Memorial/Sabongari polling unit in Lokoja, Kogi State and successfully carted away eight ballot boxes after sporadic shooting. “Eight ballot boxes were carted away,’ according to Peter Phillips, Assistant Registration officer. He added that the card readers, his car key and …
Read More »Ogun Signs MoU With Britain On Urban Renewal
Ogun State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British High Commission towards bringing urban renewal and public transportation up to speed with global best practices. Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, who signed on behalf of the State Government, and Head of Future …
Read More »Ogboru vs Okowa: Court of Appeal gives final ruling on Delta guber
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Friday dismissed the suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Great Ogboru against the election of Ifeanyi Okowa as Governor of Delta State. A five-member panel of the appellate court led by Justice Uzo Ndukwe-Anyanwu, in unanimous judgment, …
Read More »Kogi Guber: Saraki reacts as gunmen attack Gov Seyi Makinde
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has called for peaceful and credible election ahead of Bayelsa and Kogi State governorship election on Saturday. Saraki said this while condemning the attack on Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State in Kogi State on Friday. It was reported that some gunmen arrived the Suitorial …
Read More »Why borders must remain closed for now — Hameed Ali
The Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali, on Friday insisted that closure of boarders will continue for a while irrespective of the pressure from the nation’s neighbours to reopen them. He said that Nigeria has to first think of her survival before considering the impact of the closure …
Read More »Revealed: How Akpabio, Omo-Agege fell out over NDDC board appointments
IT has been revealed that the SMS war between the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, as reported by this column last Saturday, was provoked by the manner the members of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) …
Read More »WAEC releases Nov/Dec 2019 examination result, withholds 9,457
The West African Examinations Council has released the results of 91, 225 private candidates that sat for the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination in Nigeria and withheld the results of 9,457 candidates. The head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, Mr. Olu I. Adenipekun who made the disclosure …
Read More »Bayelsa APC gov candidate qualified for guber election, Appeal Court rules
An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Friday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission not to remove the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate, David Lyon, from the ballot, to enable him to participate in the forthcoming governorship election in Bayelsa State slated for Saturday. The court gave …
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