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The Imo State Task Force on the Recovery of Looted Government Properties on Friday stormed an expansive warehouse of Mrs Uloma Nwosu, daughter of the immediate past governor of the state and the Senator representing the Imo West Senatorial District, Rochas Okorocha. The task force team, led by its Chairman, Chief Jasper Ndubuaku, around noon […]
The Senate on Friday screened seven ministerial nominees, bringing the number of cabinet nominees so far screened by the red chamber to 31 since Wednesday. Those screened on Friday were Abubakar Malami (Kebbi), Hadi Sirika (Katsina), Festus Keyamo (Delta), Pauline Tallen (Plateau), Osagie Ehanire (Edo), Muhammadu Dingyadi (Sokoto) and Ali Pantami (Gombe). Those yet to […]
The Appeal Court sitting in Makurdi, the Benue state capital Friday dismissed appeals filed separately by the trio of Governor Samuel Ortom, Independent National Elections Commission (INEC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) against Emmanuel Jime and the All Progressive Congress (APC). The court also awarded N200, 000 each as cost against the appellants. The […]
The General Overseer of the Royal Family Inter national Churches, Bishop Tom Samson, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to maintain the federal character policy in appointing people to political offices. Bishop Samson, who was addressing journalists in Lagos on the church’s forthcoming Reigning In Life conference titled: ‘It War’ coming up at the Airport Hotel on […]
The Lagos State Local Government Service Commission (LGSC) has warned members of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) in the state to conduct themselves in a peaceful and responsible manner during the forthcoming union’s elections across the 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas (LCDA) in the state or face stiff […]
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc says it wants to create Africa’s version of Alibaba and ebay by supporting the entrepreneurial potential of African youths. The Group Managing Director, UBA, Mr Kennedy Uzoka, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja at the opening of the UBA Market Place. He said Africa’s youths were full of ideas that could […]
The immediate past Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has promised to revisit the moribund national carrier if reappointed and handed the aviation portfolio by President Muhammadu Buhari. Sirika stated in an interview with journalists shortly after he had appeared before the Senate for his screening as a ministerial nominee. The former minister said […]
A video sharing platform, VSKIT, has partnered StarTimes, to host the maiden edition of ‘Voice to Fame.’ VSKIT said in a statement that the competition, which would see eight contestants competing against celebrities for a chance to win a grand prize of N2m, would be aired on July 28, 2019. It said the Voice to […]
The Tony Elumelu Foundation and the United Bank for Africa have pledged to keep empowering young entrepreneurs through the provision of finance owing to their importance in job creation and poverty reduction. The commitment to provide more support to entrepreneurs was made on Friday in Abuja at the TEF’s 2019 entrepreneurship forum. Speaking at the […]
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, has set aside the judgement of the Federal High Court in Lagos, which empowered the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria to take over the landed property of a firm, Suru Wordwide Ventures Nigeria Limited, over an allegedly unpaid loan obtained from the defunct Oceanic Bank, which was acquired by […]