From Our Correspondent in Abuja The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) on Monday in Abuja, rejected the request of PDP and Labour Party presidential candidates for live broadcast of its proceedings. In a unanimous decision, the five-member panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani, held that the court did not have the powers or vires to […]
Chairman, Board of Directors of Bank of Industry (BOI) Group, Aliyu Dikko, said the group’s total assets have grown by 39. 2 per cent between 2021 and 2022. Dikko stated this during the 63rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the bank, on Thursday, in Abuja. He said the bank maintained appreciable growth in its financial […]
………latest Russian warning comes after US President Joe Biden agreed to provide training to Ukrainian pilots on fighter jets. The transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine would raise the question of NATO’s involvement in the conflict, Russia’s Ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, has said. “There is no infrastructure for the operation of […]
From Our Correspondent in Kano An eight-year-old girl, simply identified as Sharifa of Gadon Kaya Quarters, is currently recuperating at Mallam Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano following a stab wound in her stomach. A 35-year-old woman, Fatima Salisu, allegedly stabbed Shafiya. The Police, Kano Command, have, however, arrested Salisu and her husband for the crime. […]
An F-18 multi-use fighter, belonging to the Spanish Air Force, crashed on Saturday at the air force base on the outskirts of Zaragoza city, northeast Spain. The crash caused injury to the pilot’s legs. The accident happened at around 12.10 p.m. local time (1010 GMT), while the pilot was practising manoeuvres ahead of a forthcoming […]
The Federal Government has announced the appointment of Dr Ibraheem Adedotun Abdul as the substantive Rector of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH). Until his new appointment, Abdul was Chief Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He was also the Director of the Centre for Open Distance and Flexible e-Learning of the College. He succeeds […]
The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) says it generated N2.06 billion in 2022, up from N1,76 billion recorded in 2021. The President of CIBN, Dr Ken Opara, announced this at the 2023 Annual General Meeting, on Saturday, in Lagos. Opara said that the figure represented 16.9 per cent when compared with revenue generated […]
The Ghanaian Government said, on Saturday it decided to further lift COVID-19 restrictions amid declining global and domestic trends for the infection. The West African country has witnessed a sustained decline in COVID-19 infections over the past five months. And based on the global and national situation, it decided to remove the remaining restrictions, the […]
The founder of the First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Chief Olasubomi Olaotan Olaonipekun Balogun, is died. Family source said he died in a London hospital on Friday morning. He was 89 years old. According to family sources, Otunba Balogun died on Friday morning. Balogun was a lawyer, investment banker and philanthropist, who founded the First […]
By Our Correspondent A Federal High Court, sitting in Kano, has nullified the candidature of Alex Otto, the Abia State Governor-elect. The court also voided the nomination of all candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in both Abia and Kano States. Presiding judge, Justice M.N. Yunusa ruled that their emergence as candidates, was not in […]