The House of Representatives has descended heavily on Indorama Group over alleged sharp practices relating to evasion of tax running into billions of naira. The House further accused the conglomerate of using several other companies beside the three it claimed to have officially registered in Nigeria in order to secure waivers from …
Read More »Unity Bank Corpreneurship Challenge Produces 30 More Winners in 6th Edition
LAGOS.16-08-21. A total of thirty members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, have won cash prizes and business grants totalling N10 million in the 6th edition of the expanded Unity Bank flagship business plan competition known as Corpreneurship Challenge. Unity Bank is currently in 10 states of the federation …
Read More »Heirs Life Assurance Partners Avon Medical on World Blood Donor Day
Newly launched specialist life insurance company, Heirs Life Assurance (HLA) has partnered Avon Medical to organize a blood drive in commemoration of the 2021 World Blood Donor Day. The event, which was held on Monday, June 14, 2021, at the ultramodern Avon Medical Dialysis Centre in Ikeja, Lagos had …
Read More »Stanbic IBTC Showcases Impressive Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performances in 2020 Sustainability Report
Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC (Stanbic IBTC), a member of Standard Bank Group, released its 2020 Sustainability Report to showcase its positive contributions that were centered on achieving the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are geared towards improving societies for humanity and advancing sustainable development in the Nigerian …
Read More »Army General Sends Petition To Malami, Alleges Persecution By EFCC Operatives
Abubakar Malami, SAN/Internet The Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) Brigadier General Jafaru Mohammed has written a petition to the Attorney General of the Federal and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami alleging persecution and victimisation by operatives of the Economic and Financial …
Read More »PDP will return to power in 2023 – Tambuwal
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum says the platform will help the party return to power at the federal level in 2023. The Chairman and Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal spoke on Sunday at a banquet organised by the Akwa lbom government, ahead of the forum meeting in Uyo. Tambuwal assured …
Read More »Foreign loans not meant for salaries, overhead – Ndume
The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has advised the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), against spending foreign loans which the nation is getting from international lending agencies on recurrent expenditure like salaries and overhead. The former senate leader, who is representing Borno …
Read More »Supporters flood Abuja streets with Tinubu’s posters
SUPPORTERS of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, have flooded streets of the Federal Capital Territory, with his campaign posters. Several posters bearing colorful images of the former Lagos State governor were seen pasted in strategic locations within Abuja, on Sunday. Some of the areas …
Read More »2021 FIBA Afrobasket Championship: D’Tigers is Africa’s best, admits Ivorian Diabate
Even before facing Nigeria at the 2021 FIBA Afrobasket Championship in Rwanda, Cote d’Ivoire’s Souleyman Diabate has admitted that the quality of Nigeria’s D’Tigers stands them out among others in Africa. 33-year-old Ivorian point guard took Kigali by a storm helping Egypt giants Zamalek beat Tunisian champions US Monastir to …
Read More »Fed Govt’s policies limiting my power sector investments, says Emmanuel
Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel has said his investments in the state’s power sector are being frustrated by the Federal Government’s policy which disallows states from distributing power. Emmanuel disclosed this at a briefing at the weekend that Ibom Power Plant in Ikot Abasi generates 150 megawatts of electricity …
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