Ekiti Governor appoints 110 Special Assistants, including for Hausa, Urhobo Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has made a new appointment of over 110 Special Assistants (SAs), Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) and Technical Advisors (TAs) including Special Assistant on Hausa and Special Assistant on Urhobo. The governor said the[Read More…]
Air Peace chairman alleges big players on Lagos-London route slash prices below cost of operations to cripple the Nigerian carrier Can Air Peace survive the tough competition mounted against it by big Airlines including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Air France and KLM? Shortly after Air Peace began flying to London[Read More…]
Retired Appeal Court jurist, Justice Belgore is dead A retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore, is dead. The Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association, Ilorin Branch, Kwara State, Kamaldeen Gambari, announced his death on Tuesday. “Information reaching me now indicates that Hon. Justice Ahmad Olarewaju Belgore,[Read More…]
Full Year 2023: UBA’s profit hits N758bn, a record 277 per cent increase …Bank declares N2.30k final dividend to shareholders United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has released its audited financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2023, recording a laudable profit before tax (PBT) of[Read More…]
Nigeria Govt adds Thursday as Eid-El-Fitr public holiday The Nigerian government has declared Thursday, April 11, 2024, as an additional public holiday to commemorate Eid-El-Fitr. The government had on Sunday declared Tuesday and Wednesday, April 9 and 10, 2024, as public holidays to mark the Eid-el-Fitr celebration. However,[Read More…]
Tinubu’s people don’t trust Wike – says Dele Momodu Former presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dele Momodu has said that the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, does not have the trust of members of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political circle. [Read More…]
EFCC recovers N30bn, from Betta Edu, says 50 bank accounts under investigation The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it has so far recovered N30 billion from the investigation of Betta Edu. Betta Edu is the suspended minister of Humanitarian Affairs. On January 8, President[Read More…]
Philip Shaibu impeached as Edo from gov The Edo State House of Assembly has finally impeached the state’s deputy governor, Philip Shaibu. The House went ahead with the impeachment proceedings despite Shaibu’s refusal at some point to appear before the panel it set up to investigate the elections against him.[Read More…]
CBN bans use of foreign currency as collateral for naira loans The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed all banks to stop the use of foreign currency-denominated collaterals for naira loans. Adetona Adedeji, acting director of the banking supervision department at CBN, disclosed this in a statement on[Read More…]
FCMB Funds ReelFruit’s Plant To Promote Sustainable Manufacturing First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has financed the newly inaugurated dried fruit manufacturing plant of Nature’s Bounty Health Products Limited(ReelFruit) in Abeokuta, Ogun State to promote sustainable manufacturing practice in the country. Sustainable manufacturing minimises negative environmental impact while conserving energy and[Read More…]
