As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, (CSR), the Management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) on Thursday 30th May visited the Ikoyi prisons of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Ikoyi, Lagos with relief items. In a statement signed by the General Manager, Corporate Communications of EKEDC, Godwin Idemudia, the gesture …
Read More »Industrial court orders reinstatement of Gwarzo, suspended SEC DG
The Industrial Court has ordered the reinstatement of Mounir Gwarzo, suspended director general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The court also ordered that the federal government pay him all entitlements. In his judgement, Sanusi Kado, justice of the industrial court, held that the minister of finance, named as …
Read More »PENGASSAN President is dead
The President, Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, Francis Johnson, has died, The PUNCH is reporting. The newspaper is reporting that Johnson died in the wee hours of Friday. The General Secretary of PENGASSAN, Okugbawa Lumumba, has confirmed the development to The PUNCH. Lumumba said members of …
Read More »Honeywell Not Indebted to Ecobank – Court Rules
The Honeywell Group today emerged victorious in its protracted legal dispute against Ecobank with the judgement delivered by the Federal High Court, Lagos in which the court held that Honeywell’s payment of N3.5 Billion between 2013 and 2014 constitutes the full and final settlement of its indebtedness to Ecobank Nigeria …
Read More »Heritage Bank empowers ‘HB Lab’ tech start-ups’ winners with $40,000 grants
As part of its efforts to support Nigeria’s aspiration and roadmap to become a leading Information Communication Technology (ICT) Hub in Africa, Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative banking service provider has doled out $40, 000 grants to winners of the maiden edition of HB Innovative Lab. The maiden …
Read More »Dangote distributes materials to Muslims in Ebonyi
Dangote Foundation (DF) has donated relief materials worth several millions of naira to Muslims in Ebonyi for Iftar. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the items were distributed to no fewer than 500 beneficiaries in Abakaliki. The relief items include: 250 cartons of pastas; 500 bags of 1kilogramme …
Read More »Senate Passes N243.374bn FCT Budget, Eight Bills
The Senate yesterday passed the N243.374 billion 2019 budget bill of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as well as eight other bills. The upper chamber of the National Assembly had at plenary authorised the issuance from the Federal Capital Territory Administration Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Federal Capital Territory Administration …
Read More »Access GMD, Wigwe visits school, mentors students to mark Children’s Day 2019
L-R: Group Head, Corporate Communications and External Affairs, Access Bank Plc., Amaechi Okobi; The Principal, Girls Secondary Grammar School (GSGS), Mrs. P.E. Oni; Group Managing Director, Access Bank Plc., Herbert Wigwe; The Head Girl, GSGS, Odiase Kehinde; Chief Executive Officer, ACT Foundation, Osayi Allie; and the Executive Director, Junior Achievement …
Read More »3-yr-old boy died as Another building collapses in Lagos
One of the houses marked for demolition located on the Lagos Island collapsed yesterday, killed a three-year-old boy. The deceased, according to neighbours, is a twin who had gone to bed Monday night only to be trapped under the collapsed structure at the popular Oju-Ina area of Agarawu, Lagos Island. …
Read More »Speakership: Plaintiff withdraws suit against Gbajabiamila, says ‘he was not convicted in the US’
The plaintiff in the suit filed against the eligibility of Femi Gbajabiamila, to contest for the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly has withdrawn the suit. The plaintiff, Philip Undie, in a letter titled, “Authorization To File My Withdrawal From Suit Number: …
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