The Aba Book Club, on Tuesday, pleaded with Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to stop Aba South Local Government authorities from converting the Aba Zonal Library permanent site into a motor park. The call was contained in a letter to the governor…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara has condemned the rising wave of violence in the state and series of attacks on its members. This is contained in a communiqué issued on Wednesday at the end of APC stakeholders’ meeting…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has inaugurated a four-man executives for Borno chapter of the party. PDP National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus, performed the ceremony on Tuesday in Abuja. Secondus, represented by PDP Deputy National…
Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has urged Nigerian electorates to get ready to reject any presidential candidate, presented by any political party, who has unresolved corruption allegations against them in 2023. The umbrella body of all registered political parties…
By Kayode Tokede Determined to boost women empowerment for economic growth and development, First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., said that it disbursed loans worth N58 billion to over 81,000 female entrepreneurs and professionals in 2020. The Bank’s Chief Executive Officer,…
By Kayode Tokede Naira at the investors & Exporters Foreign Exchange ( I & EFX) window on Wednesday lost by 0.49 per cent to close at N562.90 against the Pound Sterling. It also lost by 0.29 per cent to N478.97…
By Kayode Tokede Zenith Bank Plc, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, among others maintained Non-Performing Loan (NPL) ratio below five per cent, a prudential maximum threshold required by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for banks operating in the…
By Tobi Adetunji The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned sixty suspected cultists at various points across Lagos metropolis. The Suspects were on Wednesday brought before Chief Magistrate Adeola Adedayo of Yaba Magistrate Court, in consonance with the new Lagos…
By Tobi Adetunji. An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, remanded a 39-year-old man, Clement Chidi in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly robbing a policeman. The defendant, who resides at Oyingbo, Lagos, is being tried for armed robbery. The defendant was…
The police, on Wednesday, arraigned 10 men before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly smoking Indian hemp in public. Our Correspondent reports that the defendants included Abdulwaris Sholademi, Akintonde Ayo, Ibrahim Ajayi, Aderenle Lekan,Wasiu Akinpelumi and Abioye Samuel.…
