Popular Nigerian skit maker, Ganiyu Kehinde, well known as Ijoba Lande, who was earlier declared missing has been found. The comedian’s wife had declared him missing on Sunday. “This is to inform the public that Ijoba Lande left home to an unknown...
The Federal University Gashua, Yobe, on Thursday explained that thugs hired by politicians flogged one of its lecturers, Dr. Samiu Dagari of the Chemistry Department. The institution denied the claim that its students flogged the lecturer. The Registrar, Dr Abubakar Mamuda,...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N5.25 billion for the provision of Internet facilities at some selected markets in the country. Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, stated that this initiative is to support micro, small...
The Federal Government has filed a three-count charge against First Bank of Nigeria Limited, its Managing Director, and three others before a High Court sitting in Abuja over allegations bordering on forgery. The defendants in charge No: CV/266/2023 and filed...
Nigeria’s Parallex Bank Ltd. has received $10 million trade finance facility from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Parallex Bank, Dr. Femi Bakre, said the financing, deployed under the Afreximbank’s...
Access Bank, in partnership with AfriGOpay, has launched the first national domestic card designed to meet the needs of the Nigerian payment industry. Deputy Managing Director, Retail Banking, Access Bank, Mr. Victor Etuokwu, said this in a statement on Thursday,...
The management of the Lagos State University (LASU) has opened a bakery to increase its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The LASU Vice-Chancellor and visioner of the bakery, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji–Bello, made this known on Tuesday after she led some officials...
Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, and his Imo counterpart, Hope Uzodimma, would, among other dignitaries, headline the public presentation of a book authored by the Publisher of Political Economist NG, Ken Ugbechie. The book titled ‘Nigeria Heroes and Sheroes:...
The Executive Secretary of Kaduna State Pension Bureau, Prof. Salamatu Isah, has said that processes for the payment of beneficiaries of Retirement and Death Benefits who do not have bank details have commenced this week. Prof. Isah, who disclosed this...
Pope Francis had a “quiet night” in the hospital after he was admitted for a respiratory infection on Wednesday, according to Italy’s ANSA news agency. The agency quoted sources from the Gemelli University Hospital on Thursday morning that medical staff...