Month: October 2021

Certificate Forgery: ICPC Docks Ex-Presidential Aide, Obono-Obla

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arraigned the former Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), Mr. Okoi Ofem Obono-Obla, over allegations of certificate forgery. The Commission, in a two-count charge filed at the Jos Judicial Division of the High Court of Plateau State,…

Senate Empowers INEC To Determine Transmission Of Election Results

The Senate has empowered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to determine the procedure for the transmission of results during the general elections. This was just as it also allowed political parties to determine the modality for holding primaries for aspirants to all elective positions. The amendments were made on Tuesday by the Senate to…

MasterCard Foundation Partners EDC to Train and Create 200,000 Jobs

In bridging unemployment gap among the youth, Mastercard Foundation in collaboration with Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), since last year has commenced training of Nigerian youths with a view to creating a minimum of 200,000 jobs in the next five years. The director, Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), Pan-Atlantic University Mr. Peter Bamkole, who revealed this on…

Viral Video: NDLEA Dispels Misinformation on Visa Clearance

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dispelled misinformation and misconception about its handling of visa clearance applications following claims by a teenage applicant, Akpan Goodhead Godwin, in a video post that has gone viral on social media. In a statement issued on Friday 9th October by the Commander, Akwa Ibom State Command of…

2nd Niger Bridge, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to Be Completed Before 2023, Buhari Assures Nigerians

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday assured Nigerians that the 11.9km Second Niger Bridge, 120 km Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and other key projects under the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) will be completed within the second term of this administration. The President gave the assurance at the opening of a two-day Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat organized…

Reward4Saving Promo: Stanbic IBTC Bank To Reward Customers With N30m Cash Prizes

Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC has rewarded 60 of its new and existing customers with the sum of N6m for the September draws in its Reward4Saving Promo where the bank’s customers are expected to win cash prizes worth N30 million by the end of the promo. The draws which…

Cut N26bn Presidency Budget for Medical Center, Travels, Meals, SERAP Tells Buhari

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to cut the N26 billion presidency budget for the construction of the presidential wing at the state house medical center, local and foreign travels, meals and refreshments, ‘sitting allowance’, and ‘welfare package’, and to use some of the savings to address the growing level…

ENDSARs: Lagos CP Warns Against Anniversary Protest

As October 20 draws nearer in anticipation of the one year anniversary of popular ENDSARs protest that shook the country, the Lagos state Police command has warned against any form of protest in the state. The Commissioner of police Lagos State Command, Hakeem Odumosu, on Monday announced that the police will use all legitimate means…

PIA: Buhari Receives Certificate of Incorporation For National Petroleum Company Limited

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday received the certificate of incorporation of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited. The president while receiving the documents said the country expects nothing less from the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, and the Chief Finance Officer than “the realization of a global national oil company that this nation…

LASUTH Wins Excellence in Cardiovascular Care Award of The Nigeria Cardiac Society

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) won the ‘Excellence in Cardiovascular Care’ Award at the 50th Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of The Nigeria Cardiac Society (NCS) held in Lagos last week. This award was given on the premises the hospital is renowned for her contribution to the growth and development of Cardiovascular…

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