By Olumide David FCMB has just successfully completed the issuance of a N20,686,000,000 Perpetual 16 per cent Fixed Rate Resettable NC5.25 Additional Tier I Capital Subordinated Bonds (AT1) under its N300,000,000,000 Debt Issuance Programme. The bonds issuance is the first…
…Hike in MPR from will hurt investors in the real economy — CPPE By Seun Ibiyemi Barely two months after the apex bank raised the interest rate to 17.5 per cent, again the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and Ogun States has sentenced six drug traffickers to a combined 156 years in prison. This was revealed in a statement made available to Nigerian NewsDirect on Tuesday by the…
A former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu has been arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo, on 10 counts bordering on terrorism financing, especially on the recent Abuja-Kaduna train attack. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. Mamu was arrested on September…
By Sodiq Adelakun A Family Court in Iyaganku on Tuesday ordered that four students of Eleyele Secondary School, Eleyele, Ibadan in Oyo State be remanded for allegedly raping a female schoolmate who was mentally challenged. The police charged the defendants…
Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a 19-year-old girl, Adetutu Okibaloye in Imoru town, in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, demanding N10million as ransom to secure his release. It was gathered that the young girl was…
Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEF) and the Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) have called for the review of forests law in Nigeria to protect our environment. They made the call on Tuesday during tree…
Stakeholders in forestry have called for sustainable conservation of the forestry ecosystem and green spaces to promote human well-being as the world commemorates the 2023 International Day of Forests. The Acting Director of Technical Programmes, Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF), Mr…
The Foundation for a Better Environment (FABE) has trained over 4,000 schoolchildren in Ogun state in environmental sustainability in its Ecoschools project. The founder of FABE and the convener of the Ecoschools project, Mrs Temitope Okunnu, disclosed this in an…
The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP), an Abuja based NGO, has urged the incoming government to tackle climate crisis with top 11 Net Zero and Economic Development Measures. The President, Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP),Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, said…
