Anambra poll: Visitors lament difficulty in securing hotel accommodation
With barely three days to the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, visitors to the state are lamenting the difficulty in securing hotel accommodations. Some of the visitors revealed that they have been in search of accommodation for several hours without success. Ismaila Oke, an electoral observer who came in from Lagos, said he had been stranded for some hours...
N20bn bailout: Sterling Bank opened account without our knowledge – Kogi govt
The Kogi Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Asiwaju Idris Asiru, has alleged that Sterling Bank opened the controversial fixed deposit account in the name of the state government without the knowledge or directive of the state. Asiru disclosed this when he, alongside the state Accountant General, Jibril Momoh and Auditor General, Yakubu Okala, appeared before the state assembly...
Nigerian varsities’ bursars in Ghana to understudy how to generate revenue
Bursars of some Nigerian universities have been sent to Ghana to understudy their universities’ revenue generation formula. National Chairman of the Association of Bursars of Nigerian Universities (ABNU), Dr. Victor Imagbe, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of its ongoing Annual Conference and Award, on Monday in Abuja. Imagbe, who is also the Bursar, University of...
Buhari: Nigeria needs $1.5bn to bridge infrastructure gap
For Nigeria to bridge the infrastructure gap and achieve an appreciable level of the National Infrastructure Stock, $1.5 trillion is needed over a period of 10 years. President Muhammadu Buhari gave the figure on Tuesday in Glasgow at a COP 26 high-level side event on improving global infrastructure hosted by President Joe Biden of the United States, EU Commission President,...
Shell awards $800m contracts to Nigerian companies
Country Chair, Shell Companies In Nigeria (SCiN), Mr. Osagie Okunbor, has said that 100 per cent of its contracts worth $800 million were awarded to Nigerian companies in 2020. Okunbor made the announcement during a panel session at the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria (NAEC) 2021 Strategic International Conference on Tuesday in Lagos. Okunbor, represented by Mr. Ed Ubong, Managing...
Supreme Court blows hot, probes invasion of Justice Odili’s residence
The Supreme Court on Tuesday described the invasion of Justice Mary Odili’s residence by unknown security operatives as impunity taken too far. It said it has commenced a full-scale independent investigation to unravel the true masquerades behind the mystery as well as the real motives behind the whole incident. The apex court, in a statement by its Director of Press and Information, Dr....
Ex-bank manager jailed 18 years for N219m fraud
A former manager with Sterling Bank and Account Relationship Officer of OHHA Microfinance Bank, Mr. Oliver Anidiobi, has been convicted for fraud. Justice C.O Ajah of the Enugu State High Court convicted Anidiobi on a 32-count charge bordering on forgery and stealing to the tune of N219 million. The defendant who was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday...
Five Reps, others file N5bn suit against Azman Air
Five members of the House of Representatives and four other Nigerian citizens have filed a N5 billion suit against Azman Air Services Limited over alleged breach of contract. The suit, marked: CV /2884/2021, was filed before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. In the suit, the claimant narrated how the negligent act of the airline kept them...
FCT Minister to security agencies: Rescue six UNIABUJA abductees
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has tasked security agencies to ensure that the six people abducted by gunmen from the University of Abuja staff quarters at Giri, Gwagwalada Area Council on Tuesday are rescued from their abductors. Bello also assured members of the university community that the government would do all that is necessary to...
Tinubu: There are many questions to ask on Lagos building collapse
Former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has called for thorough investigation into the collapsed 21-storey building on Gerald Road, Ikoyi on Monday. Tinubu, the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), stated that something terribly went wrong with the building construction. The former governor stated that there are many questions to ask on the tragic incident. According to him, the tragedy...
