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July, 2021

  • 8 July

    Multichoice in N1.8trn tax mess, FIRS to freeze bank accounts

    The Federal Inland Revenue Service has engaged some commercial banks to freeze and recover N1.8 trillion from accounts of Messrs MultiChoice Nigeria Limited and MultiChoice Africa. This was contained in a statement issued by Director, Communications and Liaison Department of FIRS, Abdullahi Ahmad, in Abuja on Thursday. The FIRS explained that the decision to appoint the banks as agents and ...

  • 8 July

    UNILAG Best Graduating Student, Alimi, reveals his success secrets

    The University of Lagos Best Graduating Student for the 2018/2019 set, Ibrahim Adedeji Alimi, has said that helping others to understand what was taught in class helped him to achieve his feat. Alimi explained that he neither had a fixed schedule for reading nor visited university’s library regularly. According to the Mechanical Engineering graduate, he was also motivated by scholarships ...

  • 6 July

    Wife of Cele man,Badru, who died of incest & candle burnt, raises alarm !

    Kofoworola Badru, the wife of late Lagos socialite, Kayode Badru, was on Thursday, July 1, arrested and detained by his family for allegedly conspiring with his pastor to burn him to death. Recall that the Lagos socialite died on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, after his pastor allegedly sprayed perfume on him while holding a lit candle. He had visited the ...

  • 6 July

    Gunmen hit Bizman’s car, to get him out, then shot him dead

    It all happened in front of his 7-year-old son. Unknown Gunmen have killed the Chief Executive Officer of AutoEase services in Enugu State, identified as Mr. Ifeanyi Okeke. According to reports, It was gathered that the deceased was shot dead by yet to be identified gunmen on Sunday night, July 4, while on his way to his house located at ...

  • 6 July

    Fire outbreak in T.B. Joshua’s Synagogue Church, as burial rite begins

    The Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, owned by late Prophet T.B. Joshua is currently on fire. The cause of the fire is unknown. The church began a week-long burial ceremony for its founder, Joshua on Monday evening with a candle light procession. The fire engulfing the building is certainly going to disrupt the ceremony to herald Joshua back home. ...

  • 6 July

    Ohanaeze hail 17 govs for 2023 South presidency declaration.. ‘it’s Igbo’s slot’

    The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged the Southern Governors Forum to zone the 2023 Presidency to the South-East in the interest of fair play and justice. Spokesman for the Ohanaeze, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, who said the group, backed the southern governors’ position that the region should produce the President in 2023, said the region must be magnanimous ...

  • 6 July

    Oil hits $77, daily petrol subsidy rises to N6.07bn

    The further rise in global crude oil prices has pushed the daily subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to N6.07bn. the landing cost of petrol rose to N231.98 per litre on June 16 from an average of N143.60 per litre in December, with an expected retail price of N254.90 per litre. The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mallam ...

  • 6 July

    Heavy knocks on Yomi Fabiyi for producing real life movie on case in Court

    Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi, is under fire for his new film ‘Oko Iyabo’ (Iyabo’s husband), which depicted a case involving a fellow actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, fondly known as Baba Ijesha, who was accused of sexually assaulting a minor. The minor in the case is the foster daughter of comedienne, Princess, and actresses like Iyabo Ojo and Nkechi Blessing had spoken ...

  • 6 July

    Dapo Abiodun used & dump us” – 75 councillors

    Seventy-five aggrieved councilors of the All Progressive party in Ogun State, on Monday, accused the state Governor, Dapo Abiodun, of betrayal of trust. They also accused the governor of breaking his promise of granting them automatic tickets to return as councilors in the forthcoming Local Government Council election. Spokesman for the councilors, Adio Abiola, claimed that they were deceived into ...

  • 6 July

    Emefiele Pledges Better Deal for Nigerian SMEs

    The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has pledged the Bank’s readiness to increase its development finance interventions to further support start-ups and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country. Emefiele made the pledge while delivering the 51st Convocation Lecture of the University of Lagos, Lagos, on Monday, July 5, 2021, noting that increased access to ...