Court jails ‘Professor’ for trying to write UTME for daughter A Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, has sentenced ‘Professor’ Jide Josiah Jisos to six months in prison for impersonation during the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Spokesperson to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in…
Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, has disclosed that no fewer than 6000 people enter Lagos on a daily basis, with about 3000 of them staying back with no known addresses. He said the population of Lagos estimated at about 27m is struggling with the state’s N2.2 trillion which is equivalent to $1.3bn, noting that…
The presidency has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments in Nigeria’s security agencies favour the Yoruba ethnic group, asserting that these appointments reflect fair regional distribution. Sunday Dare, the Special Adviser on Public Communication and Orientation to President Tinubu, made this known in a statement in response to allegations of ethnic bias within…
The federal government has disclosed that it has released funds for payment of withheld salaries of Non-Academic Staff Union of Federal Universities (NASU). A statement signed by the Director, Press and Public Relations, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF), Bawa Mokwa, disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday. Recalled that the…
Kemi Badenoch, Anti-woke” candidate on Saturday won the vote to become the UK Conservatives’ new leader, replacing Rishi Sunak who quit after the party’s disastrous showing in July’s general election. Badenoch, 44, came out on top in the two-horse race with former immigration minister Robert Jenrick, winning 57 percent of the votes of party members….
#Endbadgovernance: AGF intervenes, takes over, sought for transfer of casefile of 114 detained protesters The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, has sought transfer of the casefile of 114 EndBadGovernance protesters from the police to his office. Mr Fagbemi also directed the director of Public Prosecution of the Federation to…
UBA set plans to expand it’s operations in the Middle East. United Bank for Africa Plc, has set the wheels in motion to expand its operations in the Middle East with plan to open a subsidiary in Saudi Arabia, its largest economy. This move, expected to happen within one year will mark the bank’s second…
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of the sum of $2.045m, seven choice landed properties and share certificates linked to the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Justice Deinde Dipeolu ordered the permanent forfeiture of the monies and the two share certificates of Queensdorf…
The Nigerian government has announced that the $5 billion Africa Energy Bank (AEB) will begin operations on January 28, 2025, in Abuja. This was revealed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources Ambassador Nicholas Ella, at the 19th Executive Board meeting of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) in Yaounde, Cameroon. On…
Ondo Governor Promises Payment Of N73,000 Minimum Wage In November The governor of Ondo State Lucky Aiyedatiwa has assured civil servants that payment of the new minimum wage of ₦73,000 would commence in November this year. Governor Aiyedatiwa, who spoke while addressing civil servants in Akure, said welfare of civil servants would continue to be…
