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 …
Read More »Alleged N4.8bn Fraud: EFCC, Dozzy Oil ask court to strike out Ibeto’s suit
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 …
Read More »Buni still APC chairman, Akpanudoedehe says, retakes party secretariat
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 …
Read More »Nigeria’s external debt service up 37% to $2.1bn, as public debt hits N38trn
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 …
Read More »Africa’s Biggest Food And Drink Festival Is Back!… 2022 Gtco Food And Drink Festival
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO Plc), is set to continue its long-running showpiece event– The Food and Drink Festival. For the 5th Edition, this headlining event will hold from Saturday, Sunday, May 1 to Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at the GTCentre, Plot 1 Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos. …
Read More »IWD: Heritage Bank, FAMO strategize to advance women economic sustainability
…hosted 4-day virtual empowerment seminars for teeming staff As part of its commitment to empower women to break the bias in today’s world, Heritage Bank Plc has joined forces with Fateema Mohammed Ogunkola Foundation (FAMO) in advancing women’s economic sustainability in Nigeria. This move was made known at an event …
Read More »Atlantic Hall marks its sports day.
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.
Read More »Ecobank In Financial Mess, Loses Assets Worth N218m Over Debt (Photos)
Ecobank is in a financial mess, loses assets worth N218m over debt. It was reports that Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Justice O.C Agbaza has issued a writ of Execution against ECOBANK for failing to pay a debt of Two Hundred and Eighteen Million, Four Hundred and Forty …
Read More »EndSARS: LCC to resume tolling at Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge
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 …
Read More »Court fixes March 28 to rule on Abba Kyari, others’ bail application
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 …
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