President Buhari yesterday announced that the government has made funding available for DisCos to immediately roll out 1,000,000 meters to consumers for free. This according to the president is under the first phase of the presidential mass metering initiative of which deployment had already started in parts of Kano, Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja. President Bujari…
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc has announced that it has obtained the approval-in-principle of the Central Bank of Nigeria (the CBN) to commence the formal process of the re-organisation of the Bank to a financial holding company (the Restructuring). In a statement released and signed by the Company Secretary, the bank stated that the implementation will…
Bruno Fernandes admitted that Manchester United “did everything wrong” in a 2-1 Champions League defeat to Istanbul Basaksehir that has knocked them another step backwards and piled pressure on under-attacked boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The Manchester united midfielder Bruno Fernandes has called on his team-mates to bounce back from their poor run of form, admitting…
Organizers of the 4th annual Hollywood and African Prestigious Awards (HAPAwards) recently honored the Alara of Ilara Kingdom, Oba Olufolarin Ogunsanwo Telade IV with African Culture Award. The virtual event which took place on www.hapawards.com with theme – “I Am Because We Are One”, also recognized top African celebrities across the movie, comedy, music, and…
Three out of the nine Nigerian-Americans that contested on the ballot in the November 3 general election in the United States have emerged winners. The trios, Esther Agbaje, Adeoye Owolewa and Nnamdi Chukwuocha, won their respective bids in the election held on Tuesday. Esther Agbaje who contested on the platform of the Democratic Party became…
Ahead of the 2023 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it will commence the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in the first quarter of 2021. This was disclosed by INEC chairman, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, while presenting the commission’s budget to the Nigerian Senate on Wednesday. He said the exercise will…
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has stated that the Mambilla Power Project was not removed from the budget of the Ministry of Power. However, she explained that the ministry did not prioritise the project in its 2021 budget, thereby exonerating the ministry from the report suggesting that the Mambilla Power…
Days of reflection over the carnage sparked by the hijack of the #EndSARS protests seem to have ended in Lagos, with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu leading the battle to rebuild razed infrastructure. The Governor on Wednesday signed an Executive Order for the formation of an eight-man Board to coordinate efforts to restore lost assets with Citibank…