COVID-19 – The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on Sunday explained why the agency has not approved any locally produced herbal medicine for the treatment of COVID-19. Prof. Adeyeye said no single drug had been found to cure …
Read More »Tragedy averted as Dana aircraft develops fault, makes U-turn mid-air
What would have been a tragic air disaster was averted, Sunday, when a Dana aircraft scheduled to fly from Abuja to Lagos by 1:00pm developed technical problems mid-air. An eyewitness on board told Channel TV that the pilot announced to passengers about an hour into the flight that there was an indicator …
Read More »CCT boss, Danladi Umar, sues senate over probe on assault of security guard
Danladi Umar, chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), has sued the senate and Clement Sargwak, a security guard. In March, Umar was caught on video hitting a security man who had told him his vehicle was parked in the wrong space at a popular plaza in Abuja. In his defence, …
Read More »Airtel Nigeria lied, telco yet to renew license – NCC
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says it is yet to renew Airtel ’s Mobile Operating License. Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, made this known in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. According to him, the attention of the NCC was drawn to a recent statement on an …
Read More »SCOA Boss Commends Unity Bank, Others for Facilitating Supply of N15.5B worth of Trucks, Equipment to Julius Berger
The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of SCOA Nigeria Plc, Dr. Massad Boulos has commended Unity Bank Plc and other banks for facilitating a credit facility of N15.5 billion for the importation and supply of 33 MAN Platform Trucks and equipment to construction giant, Julius Berger Plc. The equipment is …
Read More »Nigerian infrastructure coy to commence operations by Q3 2021
The N15 trillion Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (Infraco) Plc will commence full operations by the third quarter of 2021, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed. This is as the Federal Government has approved the selection of 4 asset managers for the infrastructure …
Read More »I’ll be surprised if D’Tigers don’t win Olympic medal – Udezue
•Udezue (left) presenting an award to a player at the CBL Retired Nigerian basketball player Ugo Udeze has backed D’Tigers and D’Tigress to win medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, saying anything short “will be a surprise.” Udezue left his lucrative job as an NBA agent to found AFA …
Read More »Debt servicing rises, gulps 72% of FG revenues
President Muhammadu Buhari; CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele; and Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed Everest Amaefule, Temitayo Jaiyeola, Amarachi Orjiude and Sami Tunji 15 July 2021 • Debt servicing to revenue ratio jumped from 54.66% in 2019 to 72% in 2020 The Federal Government made a total of N3.25tn in 2020, …
Read More »Lagos APC treasurer dies in US
Treasurer of the Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, Mrs Sumbo Ajose is dead. Recall that this came about four days ago when Nigeria lost another prominent citizen, popular hip hop artist, Olarenwaju Fasasi, otherwise known as “Sound Sultan,” who also died in the USA after months of …
Read More »Pay N100m Donations Into Our Accounts, Nigeria’s Basketball Team Tells FG
D’Tigers and D’Tigress/NBBF Nigerian Basketball Teams, D’Tigers and D’Tigress have asked the Ministry of Sports and Youth Development to pay their share of the $100,000 donated by three Deposit Money Banks into their respective official accounts. On Wednesday, Zenith Bank, Access Bank and Guaranty Trust Bank contributed $200,000 to adopt …
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