Foremost African banking group; Guaranty Trust Bank plc has began preparations and announced the theme for the Bank’s 2014 Autism Awareness program. The initiative themed “On the road to future inclusion” will take place from March 22nd to April 2nd, 2014. This will be the 4th edition of the programme which the Bank introduced ... Read More »
The Nigeria Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah was ordered this morning to provide special security for all schools and health institutions in the Boko Haram affected areas of the North East. The order was passed down to the army chief at a budget hearing this morning by the Committee . The Committee chaired by Senator George Thompson ... Read More »
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday granted bail to two MTN employees, Victor Akintunde and Gani Mustapha, charged with stealing N1.3 billion belonging to the firm’s cooperative society. Akintunde (41) and Mustapha (46) are former President and Secretary of the MTN Employees Multi-purpose Cooperative Society (MEMCOS) respectively. They were charged to court alongside a property developer, Mutairu ... Read More »
Suspected cult members have attacked and killed a 23-year-old man, Segun Olukoga, a DSTV engineer in the Mushin area of Lagos. Olukoga, who was the only son of his parents, was planning to celebrate his 24th birthday on March 15. It was learnt that the victim was trailed by the gang members to Amu Street around 11am on Thursday. He ... Read More »
An Indian Neurosurgeon, Dr. Raju Bhuvaneswara Basina, has been arrested by officials of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria for operating without a practice licence. The 53 years old Doctor was arrested by the Police from Apo Resettlement Division on Monday in Abuja at Asokoro District Hospital in the Federal Capital Territory, following a fresh round of onslaught by ... Read More »
A Nigerian businessman has been jailed for 12 years after he was found guilty of stabbing his wife as she slept in their home. Oluwabusayo Abegunde, 38, (pictured above) stabbed his wife repeatedly with a kitchen knife after he went through her phone and discovered she was seeing someone else. Esther Abegunde, 33, told her husband of ten years that ... Read More »
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with immense sadness and anguish, news of the callous and senseless murder by terrorists of scores of students at a college in Yobe State in the early hours of today. On behalf of himself and the Federal Government, President Jonathan extends heartfelt condolences to the parents and relatives of the murdered students. The President ... Read More »
The family of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, has rejected has the offer of the Nigerian Government to honour him and his late mother Funmilayo as part of activities to mark 100 years of Nigeria. While Fela has been shortlisted by the Presidential Committee on Nigeria’s Centenary Celebrations to be honoured in the ‘Internationally Acclaimed Artistes, Literary Icons and Journalists’ ... Read More »
Nigerian small and medium scale enterprises will on Thursday February 27, 2014 at The Regent, GRA Ikeja Lagos be availed the opportunity of accessing 3.5million pounds sterling UK Aid SME Challenge funds to enhance productivity and competitiveness. The SME forum for retail and distribution trade will among others provide business solutions to business men and women from various categories ... Read More »
* Inaugurates Ultra Modern Sch Buildings in Warri Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan on Tuesday took his campaign of a clean Delta to schools with a charge on teachers, pupils and stakeholders of schools across the state to imbibe the clean culture. Governor Uduaghan gave the charge while inaugurating 64 ultra modern classrooms at Olodi Primary School and Cavegina ... Read More »
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