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Pitan President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of the appointment of Olukayode Pitan as the managing director and chief executive officer of the Bank of Industry (BoI) for a final term of five years. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Chairman of Dozzy Oil and Gas LTD, Sir Daniel Chukwudozie, have asked a Rivers State High Court to dismiss a suit filed by the Chairman of Ibeto Group, Chief Cletus Ibeto seeking to stop the EFCC from investigating him over an …

John Akpanudoedehe Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, national secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) on Tuesday, said the committee as led by Mai Mala Buni is still intact and that the Yobe governor is still the acting chairman of the party. Akpanudoedehe’s remarks comes as loyalists …

Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Nigeria’s debt service rose by 37% to $2.12 billion in 2021, up from $1.56 billion spent in 2020, data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) indicate. There was, however, a 58 per cent decline in debt service payment in the …

Atlantic Hall marks its sports day. Atlantic Hall, one of Nigeria’s foremost secondary schools recently celebrated its sports day at the school grounds in Poka, Epe. In attendance were other schools from within Lagos who also participated in the games and sporting activities, see below for some pictures.  

Lelli-Ikoyi link bridge The Lekki Concession Company (LCC) Limited has disclosed plans to recommence toll operations at the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge on April 1. This is coming about 18 months after tolling was suspended at the bridge in the aftermath of protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killings in Lagos …

Abba Kyari The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Monday, urged the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to deny the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, bail. The agency, in a 21-paragraph counter-affidavit it lodged before the court, insisted that Kyari posed a flight risk. It …

Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba The federal government has called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike action, as according to it, it’s met all its stated demands. The government’s call comes as the academic union on Monday, decided to extend its warning strike action by two months. Chukwuemeka …

Oladotun Hassan, Yerima Shettimaa Sh The Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW), an umbrella body of Yoruba youths, has berated Alhaji Yerima Shettima, president of Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, for insisting that the north should retain power in 2023. The Witness had reported that Shettima, in an interview, ditched the idea of zoning, …

Nyesom Wike, Rivers State governor has fired back at his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki over his recent comments on the rift between him and Philip Shaibu, the Edo State deputy Governor. Governor Obaseki had slammed Governor Wike over his reaction to comments by Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, …