The Lagos State Taskforce has arrested a five-man land grabbing syndicate who operate at the Command Secondary School, Ipaja axis, Ikola Junction, for trying to forcefully take possession of land spanning 12 hectres belonging to Lagos State Ministry of Housing. Speaking on the arrest, the Chairman of the Agency, CSP Shola Jejeloye disclosed that the…
. …we ‘ll sign documents tomorrow -Prof. Osodeke …says struggle was to make Universities stronger By Levinus Nwabughiogu Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila last night said that in a matter of days the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU will call off the 7-month-old strike that had kept the citadel of learning…
Travellers on a Lagos-bound train were stranded on Monday after the locomotive developed a fault in the middle of a forest. A Twitter user, Yinka Seth @inkaseth, who tweeted the incident, claimed that some steel parts of the rail tracks were removed by some hoodlums. The tweet read, “My first tweet went out about 8:12am. It is now 8:31am…
*Oil bunkers angry; send threat messages to Tompolo, Tantita operatives * TSSL seizes suspected bunkering vessel in Delta *How Tantita, security operatives discovered breaches on pipelines – Tompolo By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South and Akpokona Omafuaire, OPOROZA EX-MILITANT leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and security officials have uncovered 42 more tapping points by crude…
The Nigerian-Canadian Association of Calgary (NCAC) has conferred its Distinguished Citizen Award on the Chairman and Founder of NOVA Merchant Bank, Mr. Phillips Oduoza, in recognition of his sterling contributions to the development of the financial services sector in Nigeria and beyond. The association also honoured Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Director-General of World…
Several weeks ago, my 80-year-old paternal uncle, who is a community leader, called me to ask whom between Atiku Abubakar and Bola Tinubu he should vote and canvass support for. That was a strange request considering that in 2019 he resisted my entreaty to him to not vote or campaign for Buhari because of the…
The Court of Appeal has granted the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) permission to appeal the ruling of the National Industrial Court which ordered the union to call off its strike. The court, however, granted the application on the condition that the union obeys the ruling of the lower court and calls off the…
First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider has announced its commemoration of the 2022 edition of the Customer Service Week scheduled to be globally celebrated on 3 – 7 October 2022. The event themed: “Celebrating Service” will be marked across its FBNBank subsidiaries in over half a dozen countries which include FBNBank…
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) is in hot soup as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has ordered the bank to pay N540.5 million in damages to Pastor Emmanuel Omale of the Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministry and his wife, Deborah over false claim that they laundered N573 million for former chairman of the EFCC,…
•Vonita,the multi – talented performer who was the lead actor in the much talked about movie, Ada Owerri has announced that she will be out with her new hit single titled ” I will serve the Lord “this week The young, enterprising and naturally gifted lady who featured Lyta in a trending song ” Shakara”…
