Year: 2020
Standard Bank sponsors Multilateral UK-Africa Investment Summit
Standard Bank, Africa’s largest banking group by assets, is partnering with the UK Government to sponsor the inaugural UK-Africa Investment…
Lagos procures 5,000 drones to man waterways
The Lagos State Government says it has procured 5,000 thousand drones for search and rescue operations on the waterways.
Lagos opens up on Awo, Fela’s statues
Lagos State Government has described as false, the news making the rounds in some quarters of the social media, claiming…
Rural Women Laud Buhari, Makinde over CTP
Beneficiaries of the conditional Cash Transfer scheme, popularly known as Household Uplifting programme, HUP, in Oyo State have lauded the…
Ayobo-Ipaja residents protest in Alausa, kick against LCDA chairman
Hundreds of residents of Ayobo-Ipaja area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria have embarked on a peaceful protest to Aausa Secretariat in…
Lagos holds aptitude test for its Agripreneur programme
Sequel to the close and sorting of application forms for the Lagos Agripreneurship Programme (L.A.P.) under its Agriculture-based Youth Empowerment…
Fans celebrate iconic Sade Adu as she clocks 61
Music lovers around the world showered praises on the Nigerian-born British veteran singer Sade Adu who has been credited as…
Nine oil bunkering suspects handed over to EFCC
The Nigerian Navy Ship Delta, NNS Delta has handed over a motor vessel, MV Salvation and nine crew members allegedly…
Stanbic IBTC Bank Wins Best Foreign Exchange Provider Award
Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has emerged the Best Foreign Exchange Provider in Nigeria…
British presenter to give ex-wife £31m from £50m fortune in divorce settlement
British presenter, Ant McPartlin has allegedly agreed to give ex-wife Lisa Armstrong £31 million in their divorce settlement.
Keystone Bank: Promoting workplace culture, engagement, productivity
The greatest assets of any burgeoning organization should be its workforce and inter-relationship between the employee and the employer. That…
Makinde Ties Teachers’ Promotion to Students’ Performance
Oyo State Government has declared that public school teachers would henceforth be promoted and honoured according to their diligence and…
Edo APC crisis: Oshiomhole’s allies back Reconciliation Committee
Four factional aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State, have throw their…
Man faces murder charge for hacking another to death
A 42-year-old man, Ayodeji Thomas, on Thursday appeared before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ebute Meta, Lagos State, for allegedly…
Death of first Nigerian Queen’s College Principal a big loss – USOSA
The Unity Schools Old Students Association (USOSA) has described the death of the first Nigerian Principal of the Queen's College…
Buhari hails Bisi Akande at 81
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with the former governor of Osun State and the first Interim Chairman of the All…
Again, Buhari meets NNPC GMD behind closed doors
President Muhammadu Buhari has again met with the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mela Kyari,…
Lady shot by husband dies after one month in hospital
Malawians have taken to Facebook to mourn the death of Waheeda Bagus, a 25-year-old woman who was shot by her…
Buhari nominates Kingsley Obiora as CBN deputy governor
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the name of Dr Kingsley Isitua Obiora to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor…
Why Oprah Winfrey may never get married
American media mogul Oprah Winfrey has revealed why she never got married despite having a relationship of over 30 years…
Democracy: Nigeria made substantial progress in 20 years – Lawan
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, said on Thursday that Nigeria has made significant progress over the last twenty…
Macron to attend Libya peace conference in Berlin
French President Emmanuel Macron will attend a Libyan peace conference called by Germany in Berlin on Sunday, a source in…
Psychiatric thief bags two year jailterm
A Yaba Magistrates Court in Lagos State on Thursday sentenced a 31-year-old sales representative, Etop Iboro, to two years’ imprisonment…
Southwest may lose 2023 Presidency because of Amotekun – Miyetti Allah
Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, the umbrella association of Fulani herdsmen, has warned that Southwest may lose the 2023 presidency for…
Court orders EFCC official to appear in Alao Akala’s trial
A High Court in Ibadan on Thursday ordered an official of the EFCC, Mr Muhammed Goldy, to appear to testify…
Simi reveals plans for her mom
Simisola Ogunleye, ''Joromi'' crooner, singer and award-winning songwriter aka Simi has a hidden agenda towards her mother.
Man murders his wife by injecting her with pesticide
An Indian man has reportedly murdered his wife by injecting her with pesticides for disclosing his extra-marital affairs to his…
Actor Stewart kisses best friend McKellen at movie premiere
English actor, Sir Patrick Stewart surprised fans after he shared a kiss with best friend Sir Ian McKellen who joined…
Photos: Buhari commissions Women Affairs ministry building
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commissioned the newly completed Ministry of Women Affairs Headquarters Building in Abuja with a pledge…
Buhari extols Bisi Akande for upholding Awo’s philosophy
President Muhammadu Buhari has extolled Chief Bisi Akande, the pioneer chairman of the All Progressives Congress for upholding the philosophy…