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Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, yesterday, decried the pervading level of corruption in the justice sector, even as he called for stiffer sanctions against legal practitioners found culpable in acts of judicial malpractices. Osinbajo, who spoke at the ongoing Annual General Conference of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, in Abuja …

Echoes of the recent Bauchi South Senatorial by-election have resounded with the immediate past governor of the state, Alhaji Isa Yuguda putting the loss of his former home base to what he described as election irregularities perpetrated by the authorities. Yuguda contested the election on the platform of the Green …

The immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uduaghan has formally announced his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Uduaghan, a founding member of the PDP and Delta South Senate aspirant in 2019 confirmed his defection at a meeting of …

In line with its tradition of deepening the savings culture by rewarding and encouraging its loyal customers, UBA has launched a new savings promo,UBA Wise Savers Promo. The promo which is scheduled to run till September 30, 2019, will give 80 people a whooping N1.5 million  each across all participating …

Nigeria’s Leading Independent PR Measurement and Evaluation Agency P+ Measurement Services has partnered with SSPI to sensitize and raise awareness about the need to reduce the number of Suicide victims in Nigeria using the #SayNoToSuicide Campaign theme. The campaign which will be activated through the Smart Suicide Prevention Initiative (SSPI) with the Measurement and …

Millennials in Nigeria and across Africa should diversify from service-oriented enterprises to manufacturing and agriculture in a bid to fast track the development of the continent and better life for her nationals, Executive Director, the Dangote Group, Hajiya Halima Aliko-Dangote, has advised. She made this call at the 58th Conference …

Ahead of the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the governors and state chairmen are opposed to direct primaries – the party’s antidote against imposition of candidates. They prefer indirect primaries. Key stakeholders in the party, including some leaders and members of the National Assembly, have opted for direct …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kogi East Senate aspirant, Dr Victor Alewo Adoji has been endorsed by coalition of all political parties in Kogi State. Speaking at Adoji’s declaration ceremony in Olamaboro on Saturday, chairman of Coalition of Political Parties in Nigeria, Kogi State chapter, Hon. Itodo said Kogi East …

  Stanbic IBTC Capital and Stanbic IBTC Bank, subsidiaries of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, have partnered with Dangote Cement PLC (“Dangote Cement” or the “Company”), Africa’s largest cement producer, to conclude yet another issuance of N50 billion Series 3 and 4 Notes, under the recently established Dangote Cement PLC’s N150 …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday said no official of the Rivers State government would appear before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over its politically-motivated investigations until the commission approached the Court of Appeal to set aside the 2007 judgment barring the commission from investigating the state. In …