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December, 2019

  • 2 December

    Naval Capt Labinjo gets N10m bail after one year in underground cell

    Naval captain, Dada Labinjo, said to have been in a naval underground detention for over a year for allegedly dealing in Automobile Gas Oil (diesel), without the appropriate licence. Now ,The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted him N10m bail. Justice Muslim Hassan ordered Labinjo to produce one surety who must own a landed property in Lagos and ...

  • 2 December

    TAJBank, Nigeria’s 2nd Non-interest Financial Institution, begins Operations

    TAJBank, Nigeria’s second non-interest financial institution had officially open its doors to customers in Abuja today. Speaking in an interview, the Founder and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank, Mr Hamid Joda, said, the Bank would be bringing value to the industry as it seeks to change the face of banking with its unique offerings. “We are very prepared to ...

  • 2 December

    Lagos Changes 2019/2020 School closing and resumption dates

    Lagos State Government has altered and at the same time proffered reasons for the new closing and resumption dates for schools in the State, emphasizing however that the new dates only affect public primary schools. Though, the closing and resumption dates earlier given for private schools and government secondary schools still remain the same. The change in date according to ...

  • 2 December

    Bank customers to present tax card from next month

    EVIDENCE of tax payment will be a condition for operating a bank account from January, according to the Financial bill passed by the National Assembly. The Bill, submitted to the lawmakers with Budget 2020 by President Muhammadu Buhari, is designed to improve financial operations of the country and streamline the tax regime. It is expected to be signed with the ...

November, 2019

  • 30 November

    Wrongly jailed for 12 years becomes a lawyer.. Inspiring story of Akpoghene Edeno Esq

    From the Cell to the Bar,A marvellous Turnaround. Remarkable., Truly Inspirational.All of these fits his story. Akpoghene Edeno Esq, a young man arrested in the year 2000, charged with murder and acquited in 2012, after 12 years imprisonment becamen a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme court of Nigeria, last week Edeno was wrongfully accused of the murder and subsequently ...

  • 29 November

    Stop treating online editions as a poor cousins of the print -NIJ provost warns

    Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ) Mr Gbemiga Ogunleye has warnef media houses in the country to stop treating their online editions as a poor “cousins of the print edition.” He also challenged them to effectively adopt digital options to remain in business. He offered the advice in a paper presented at the 15th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference ...

  • 29 November

    Hope rises for Nigeria, may overturn P&ID’s $9.6b judgment debt

    In what appears to be a positive step forward for Nigeria, the United Kingdom Commercial Court, presided over by Justice Butcher, yesterday accepted the application of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in its case against P&ID to vary the condition of the stay of execution of the enforcement order it had earlier granted P&ID. Investigations on the matter revealed serious ...

  • 29 November

    Phone call causes gas explosion, 6 dead, 52 injured

    A gas vendor at Aduke Street, Off Ojo Road, Ajegunle in Ifelodun Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos was filling a cylinder for a customer. A call came in and someone close by tried to receive the phone call and there was a blast! By the time the coast was clear, six persons, including two kids, dies; several shops ...

  • 29 November

    FG awards 25  Nigerians and 7 organisations in Abuja

    President Buhari urged the awardees to redouble their efforts in serving the nation and humanity. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said that 333 individuals and 84 organisations have benefitted from the award since it began in 1991. Nigige noted that the award, which is one of the flagship programmes of the government, was designed to institutionalise ...

  • 28 November

    Zenith Bank show starts @ Landmark Event Centre

    Zenith Bank GMD/CEO, Mr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, Deputy Managing Director, Adaora Umeoji and Executive Director, Dr. Temitope Fasoranti at the #ZenithTechFair2019 taking place at the Landmark Event Centre. #ZenithFutureForward Themed: ‘Future Forward,’ and powered by Zenith Bank Plc, the event covers conversations and exhibitions in emerging technologies, as well as a Hackathon to identify and finance innovative startups. Conceived in the ...