The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Monday said it has discovered N2.67 billion meant for school feeding programme during the lockdown paid into personal bank accounts. The Chairman of ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, revealed this in his keynote address at the second National Summit on Diminishing Corruption with the theme:…
The Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 1, 2020, as a public holiday to celebrate Nigeria’s 60th Independence Anniversary. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration, congratulated all Nigerians on the celebration of the country’s Diamond Jubilee while also assuring of government’s commitment to the socio-economic transformation of the country. This was…
A man identified as Tunde Martins, who defrauded Diamond Bank of N30 million, has been jailed on Monday for 7 years by Justice Josephine Oyefeso of the Lagos State High Court Igbosere, Lagos The convict had obtained the said sum as a loan from Diamond Bank Plc, with a forged Certificate of Occupancy, C of…
The number of COVID-19 deaths exceeded one million across the globe on September 28, 2020, according to a tally of cases maintained by Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. This comes about nine months since the first death linked to the virus was reported on January in China. According to Johns Hopkins University, which has…
The immediate past Governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with his supporters. Uduaghan formally re-joined the PDP on Monday morning in his hometown, Abigborodo in Warri North Local Government Area of the state after being with the All Progressives Congress (APC) for two years. The former Governor…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), with the support of the World Bank, has commenced the process of implementing the 2020 National Business Sample Census (NBSC) in Nigeria. This is exactly two decades and two years after the last business census of establishments in the country. The National Business Sample Census is expected to commence…
PreDiagnosis International, Nigeria’s leading grassroots telehealth service provider, has announced a partnership agreement with lifestyle-cum- Health Management Organisation, Medicard Nigeria. This is to further drive the spread of adoption of its innovative telehealth platform among the poor and vulnerable in the country. Medicard Health Management is a Global Lifestyle HMO Company with presence in Philippines,…
Following extensive deliberations between the Federal Government and Organised Labour (NLC, TUC and others), the following decisions were been reached between the two parties which paved way for the suspended strike. “The parties agreed to set up a Technical Committee on Electricity Tariff policy that is being chaired by the Mr Festus Keyamo, Minister of…
Questions are already being asked over the spate of attacks on the convoy of Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum. On Sunday morning, the Governor’s entourage was again attacked by Boko Haram. It was the second attack on the Governor in three days and the third in some weeks. Last Friday, Zulum and his…
Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s Most Innovative Banking Service provider has called on internal auditors of banks to adopt the various digital technologies to prevent fraud and annul the adverse impact of Covid-19 on the financial ecosystem. Speaking at the just concluded 47th Quarterly Meeting of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria…