Author: Eberechi Constance

FG announces UAE visa availability for citizens

FG announces UAE visa availability for citizens   Minister of information and national orientation, Mohammed Idris has said Nigerians can now apply for and obtain visas to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Idris said the federal government has reached an agreement with the UAE to allow Nigerian passport holders to[Read More…]

Fidelity Bank eyes oversubscription to N127.1 billion combined offers

Fidelity Bank eyes oversubscription to N127.1 billion combined offers       Against the background of groundswell of supports and enthusiasm for the bank’s ongoing offers, Fidelity Bank Plc has started preparations to allow the bank absorb oversubscriptions. With investors rallying behind the bank’s N127.1 billion combined rights and public[Read More…]

Tinubu names National Theatre after Wole Soyinka

Tinubu names National Theatre after Wole Soyinka   President Bola Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka.   Tinubu announced this in a tribute he wrote to celebrate Soyinka in commemoration of his 90th birthday, The Punch reports.   The tribute[Read More…]

Supreme Court grants LG financial autonomy

Supreme Court grants LG financial autonomy     The Supreme Court declared on Thursday that it is unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated for local government administrations. The seven-man panel, in the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, declared that the 774 local government councils in the country[Read More…]