Babachir David Lawal The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Babachir David Lawal on Wednesday engaged senators in a hot exchange when he appeared before the joint Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, and Appropriation and Finance over a comment credited to him that the …
Read More »FG extends public holidays for Eid-el Fitr celebration till Thursday
Buhari The Federal Government on Tuesday extended the Eid-il-Fitr holidays to Wednesday and Thursday. This is contained in a statement issued by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau in Abuja quoting the directive by the President General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, the …
Read More »Kuje Jailbreak: 14 Prison Officers suspended
The Controller-General of Prisons, Ja’afaru Ahmed, has approved the suspension of 14 prison officers following the recent escape of two high profile inmates, Solomon Amodu and Maxwell Ajukwu, from Kuje Medium Security Prison. This was contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Nigeria Prisons Service, Francis Enobore, …
Read More »Eid-l-fitri: Lagos Speaker, Obasa preaches forgiveness, Peace Ambassadors
Lagos Assembly Speaker, Obasa The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has congratulated Nigerians, particularly Muslims for the successful completion of the Ramadan fasting, urging them to imbibe spirit of forgiveness and be ambassadors of peace to their fellow Nigerians. Obasa, in his Ed-el-Fitri …
Read More »Seni Adetu, former Guinness Nigeria boos As Managing Director Guinness Nigeria Plc, Seni Adetu, achieved goals and objectives that many of his predecessors never attained. His friends attributed his success to his being amiable and not simply because he was the Managing Director. Years back, at an event which held …
Read More »No More: Olakunbi Oyelese Dumps Spinsterhood
Signs that Olakunbi Oyelese, Creative Director of April by Kunbi was about to waltz out of spinsterhood came to its peak months back. The dark-complexioned lady whose fingers are normally devoid of rings changed her style, as she introduced an engagement ring. The ring led to speculations and questions about …
Read More »PHOTO NEWS: Reigning Most Beautiful Girl In LASU pays courtesy visit to Lagos Speaker, Obasa
L-R: Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa; reigning Most Beautiful Girl in LASU, Miss Yetunde Aminat Olasimbo; and Chief of Staff to the Speaker, Mr. Adewale Jafojo; when the LASU Queen paid a courtesy visit to the Speaker in his office at Alausa on Friday. Photo: …
Read More »NDA denies arrest of Avengers, dares DSS to parade suspects before Journalists
The Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, has dismissed the announcement by the Department of State Services, DSS, that some of its members were arrested as laughable, challenging the secret police to grant reporters access to suspects in its custody to substantiate its claims that those arrested were members of the militant …
Read More »Diamond Bank partners SME100 to boost MSMEs’ capacity
As part of its commitment to building and supporting economic growth and development in the country, Diamond Bank, in partnership with SME100, has rolled out strategic capacity development programmes that would boost the productive strength of Micro, Small and Medium scale Enterprises, MSMEs. The Bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Uzoma Dozie, …
Read More »Rise of disruptive technologies vital to Nigeria’s GDP – Airtel
L-R, Vice President, Network Operations, Airtel Nigeria, Adedoyin Adeola; Country Manager, Google Nigeria, Mrs. Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor with Managing Director, Rack Centre, Ayotunde Coker at the Nigeria International Technology and Exhibition Conference (NITEC) held at Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday. Leading telecommunications services provider, Airtel Nigeria, has said disruptive technologies can …
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