Some economists and oil and gas expert have backed the Federal Executive Council’s (FEC) approval of the acquisition of 20 per cent minority stakes by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in the Dangote Petroleum and Petrochemical Refinery. They made their views known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday…
Lionel Messi is currently a free agent as the six-time Ballon d’Or winner and childhood club FC Barcelona have parted ways. Despite both parties having reached an agreement over a new contract, the La Liga club said in a statement on Thursday that the deal could not be signed, citing economic and structural obstacles to…
The Lagos State House of Assembly has resolved to slashed the pension benefits of former governors and other affected officials by 50 percent. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr. Eromosele Ebhomele, the decision was taken by the House on Thursday at Plenary after adopting the…
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is hale and hearty. Sanwo-Olu said his Tuesday visit to National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London was to see things for himself in the wake of the rumoured…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Wednesday says there is no COVID-19 positive Corps member in any of its Orientation Camps nationwide. The NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi who made the clarification in a statement in Abuja described reports making rounds as misleading. She said, “Attention of the NYSC Management have…
Following the litany of conflicting interpretations that heralded the Judgement of the Supreme Court over the Governorship of Ondo State, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has made public his opinion, throwing his weight behind the Mai Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress. Recall that some highly placed individuals and famous Nigerian Lawyers,…
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has inaugurated 102 units of brand new locally assembled compactor trucks and 100 units of double dino waste bins to the fleet of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA). He said the intervention was part of his administration’s plan to reduce turn-around time in waste evacuation within…
The Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC yesterday arraigned one Yusuf Yakubu before Justice Sanusi Ma’aji of the Kano State High Court on a one count charge of misappropriation. The defendant allegedly obtained the sum of $870,000 (Eight Hundred and Seventy Thousand Dollars) only from the complainant under the pretext…
In a bid to safeguard its e-banking platforms with enhanced safety and security features, Unity Bank Plc has unveiled a new code on its USSD platform that completely puts the customer in control of his Bank Account against any e-Banking fraud. The new code which is *7799*9*Phone Number # allows customers to block access to…
Robyn Rihanna Fenty popularly known as Rihanna is now the world’s richest female musician. This is all thanks to her Fenty Beauty, a cosmetics company the 33-year-old Barbados born singer created in 2017 to make women everywhere (feel) included. According to Forbes, Rihanna is now worth $1.7 billion (£1.2 billion), which is as a result…