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Enugu State University of Technology, ESUT. Relatives of some patients on admission at Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), Parklane, are relocating them to private hospitals following the ongoing strike by resident doctors across the federation. The strike began August 2. The hospital was not a beehive of activities as …

The Department of State Services (DSS), on Wednesday, produced the 12 detained associates of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, before a Federal High Court in Abuja in compliance with its earlier order. Justice Obiora Egwuatu had on July 23 ordered the security agency to bring …

Abia Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu The Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) has appealed to the Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, to help secure release of its members languishing in police detention in the state. The group pleaded that the detainees be charged to court in line with the Nigerian law which …

No fewer than 300 staff of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) have been redeployed across various sections, departments and regions of the federation. The development followed the reconstitution of the agency after the management, led by Michael Akabogu, was sacked for alleged misappropriation and embezzlement of funds by …

Polaris Bank, established by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on September 21, 2018 to offer commercial banking services to the Nigerian public and commenced services on the same day, having purchased the assets and assumed certain liabilities of the defunct Skye Bank. The Bank which prides itself high in …

The Department of State Services (SSS) says it will investigate the alleged assault on Oluwagbemiga Olamikan, a photojournalist with the Vanguard Newspapers by its personnel. Peter Afunanya, public relations officer of SSS, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja in reaction to the alleged assault on the journalist. Mr Olamikan was …

Abba Kyari, the embattled deputy commissioner of police (DCP), has deleted a Facebook version of his statement denying he took a bribe from Hushpuppi, self-confessed fraudster. US court documents had shown that Hushpuppi, whose real name is Ramon Abbas, claimed he bribed Kyari to arrest one Vincent Chibuzo, a co-fraudster. …

Shareholders of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC are still lauding the Group for their last dividend payout of 360 kobo per share for the financial year ended 31 December 2020, as well as the bonus shares of one for every six ordinary shares, approved at the last Annual General Meeting held …

Digital insurance companies, Heirs Insurance Limited (HIL) and Heirs Life Assurance (HLA), have confirmed that customers are now able to purchase insurance policies from their websites, www.heirsinsurance.com and www.heirslifeassurance.com, in mere minutes. The revolutionary, interactive websites—first of their kind in Nigeria—ensure that customers have access to quick insurance, completing transactions …

This is cheery news for Nigerian universities. From next week, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will begin the disbursement of the N30 billion revitalisation fund set aside for them by the Federal Government. But there is a caveat:  Each university must present an audit report on how it utilised …