The publisher of Pointblanknews.com, Mr. Jackson Ude has said that Minister of State, Petroleum, Timipre Marlin Sylvia, pleaded for out of court settlement and did not win any case against Pointblank News in the US. He stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday. The statement reads “My attention has…
Chief (Mrs) Titilola Olukemi Nelson (Yeyesewa of Lagos), the immediate past South-West Zonal Woman Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Member of the Lagos State Governance Advisory Council (GAC), who slept in the Lord on Sunday July 17, 2022 at the age of 66, is to be buried on Thursday August 25, 2022….
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its commemoration of the 2022 International Youth Day, globally celebrated today, 12 August 2022 and themed “Intergenerational solidarity: Creating a World for All Ages.” The International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August, bringing youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrating the…
About two months after the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party, aggrieved Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, and the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday met behind closed doors in Abuja. Although the details of the meeting were still sketchy as of the time of this report, sources in the PDP…
A former Inspector-General of Police, Mustapha Balogun, died at a hospital in Lekki, Lagos at about 8:30 pm on Thursday during a brief illness, according to family sources. Born August 25, 1947, in Ila Orangun, Osun State, he was appointed the IGP in March 2002. Balogun died at 74, few days to his 75th birthday….
Rotary club of Ikeja recently honoured some of its members who have clocked 70 years and above and have also spent 30 years and above in the club at an event that took place recently during its meeting at the Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja. Some of the elders who were honoured are, Past Assistant Governors,…
The Akwa Ibom State High Court on Thursday sentenced Uduak Akpan to death for murdering a job-seeker, Iniobong Umoren. The 21-year-old Akpan had in May 2021 raped and killed Twitter job-seeker Iniobong Umoren and buried the body in a shallow grave in his father’s compound. Umoren, based in Uyo, was job-hunting when she met her…
Muyiwa Oki, the candidate billed as representing architectural workers and the profession’s grassroots, has been elected as the next president of the RIBA The architect at construction consultancy Mace Group saw off Sumita Singha, who also stood for the post two years ago, and Allies and Morrison’s Jo Bacon in the race to succeed Simon…
The Federal Government, on Wednesday, defended the disbursement of N1.15bn for the purchase of 10 SUVs for the Republic of Niger, saying that the move is to enable the country to safeguard its territory in the best interest of Nigeria’s security. Fielding questions from State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by…
Highly placed individuals have pooh-pooed the allegation that the Chief of Staff to the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Tayo Ayinde, was involved in a N500 million land grabbing scandal. It will be recalled that some people went to the media recently, alleging that Chief Ayinde was involved in gross impersonation and assault over a…
