July 2023

Insurance pioneer, Irukwu dies

One of the pioneer members of insurance in Nigeria, Prof. Joe Irukwu, died yesterday at 89. This was disclosed in a statement by President-General, Amaokwe Item Welfare Union, Prince Harrison Eze Okorie,  on behalf of the Amaba Ukwu kindred and the…

Ife East APC chairman mourns Ibiyemi

By Jeleel Olawale The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ife East, Hon. Kayode Akintifonbo has described the sudden death of Dr Samuel Ibiyemi as a big loss to the APC family in the Ife East Local Government and…

11Plc, Airtel Nigeria mourn NewsDirect Publisher

The management of 11Plc and Airtel Nigeria has expressed sadness at the demise of the Founding Publisher of Nigerian NewsDirect, Prince (Dr) Samuel Ibiyemi. In a condolence message, 11PLC said thus, “Our hearts are heavy. On behalf of 11PLC, please…

Nigeria to boost oil production to 1.7mbpd

By Akinyemi Precious Nigeria, OPEC’s largest producer in Africa, aims to significantly increase its oil production to up to 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) by November 2023, hoping to win a higher quota in the OPEC+ agreement. Permanent Secretary…

NGX maintains uptrend, gains N850bn

By Philemon Adedeji Opening the week yesterday, the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) maintained an uptrend  as investors recorded N850.97 billion daily gain. Riding on improved sentiments, equities investors saw market capitalisation expanding nearly N35.18 trillion. Similarly, the NGX All Share…

Mmesoma and the rise in rot of our society

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) recently came out to say that it would withdraw the result of a certain Ejikeme Mmesoma, a 19-year-old student of Anglican Girls Secondary School, Nnewi, Anambra State for manually inflating her result and…