•Emefiele A prosecution witness, Victor Onyejiuwa, on Friday, told the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja that the alleged $600,000 he was asked to pay for the contract he executed for the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was paid to the former apex bank Director of Information Technology, John Ayoh and not to the […]
•Portable, Mercedes Benz and car dealers (insert) Temitope Ogunsanwo, the owner of Temmy Autos, in this exclusive interview, speaks to Saturday PUNCH on his decision to apprehend the controversial street singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, over a N14 million pending debt from his acquisition of a N27 million Mercedes Benz. Ex...
A truck carrying cows has rammed into a Lagos State BRT bus at Ibafo bus-stop along the Lagos Ibadan Expressway. Our correspondent who went to the scene gathered that the accident occurred around some minutes to 6am today, reports Saturday PUNCH. Officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps and Police on response call at the […]
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has said Nigeria is a safe hub for investments, noting that a formalized solid mineral exploration will be the next growth vista for investors in the country. The president also promised that his administration will always provide the needed support to ensure that businesses thrive in the country, reports Daily Tr...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of at least 555 persons to serve as Pro-chancellors/Chairmen and members of Governing Boards of 111 federal universities, polytechnics and Colleges of Education. This followed Tinubu’s assent to a list of nominees selected by the Ministry of Education and signed by the ministry’s Perm...
Ahead of the start of the preliminary round of the 2024/2025 inter-club competitions, the African soccer governing body has given intending clubs deadlines. The directive also involve clubs in the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) who will be competing in the CAF inter-club competitions, reports Saturday Independent. Before the start of...
•Father and son Isaac Oyedepo, the son of Living Faith Church founder Bishop David Oyedepo, has addressed rumours that he left Winners Chapel to launch his ministry. Oyedepo maintained that he is a member and steward of Living Faith Church. Isaac said this in a podcast episode of Leke Adeboye’s “Confession Box.” According to him, […]...
•Premier League trophy Manchester City stand on the brink of a historic fourth successive Premier League title, but Arsenal lie in wait hoping for a last-gasp slip from the leaders tomorrow. Pep Guardiola’s all-conquering team go into the final day of the season with a two-point lead over second-placed Arsenal thanks to an eight-game winning [...
Despite efforts to deepen democracy in Nigeria, no fewer than 19 state governors are running their local councils with transition or caretaker committees. Checks indicate that currently, 433 (58.2 per cent) of the 774 local councils are without elected chairmen and councillors, reports Saturday Vanguard. This is against the provisions of Secti...
•Tinubu ‘In all fairness to Tinubu, several of the promises were not meant to be fulfilled in the first year. They remain work-in-process. Nigerians can only hope that the pledges will eventually be redeemed. Despite that caveat, it is clear that those scheduled for the first year have suffered the fate of politicians’ promises from […]...