Certain United Kingdom based boarding schools will storm Nigeria in January in a hunt for talented students enrolment. The session with parents anxious to see their wards receive education in the UK will hold at The Wheatbaker Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Saturday January 14, 2023. Tagged “UK Boarding Schools Week”, the exhibition is in association…
The Atiku-Okowa Campaign Organisation has accused the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed of trying to revive his dying career as Government spokesperson by seeking to impress his employers by attacking Atiku Abubakar.Spokesperson for the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign, Kola Ologbondiyan said this in Abuja, on Thursday. He spoke in response to claims by the Minister that Atiku’s…
A follow-up to Afghanistan: Taliban Ban Women From University Education With Immediate Effect Qatar Expresses Deep Concern, Disappointment over Decision to Suspend Study of Girls, Women in Afghanistan’s Universities The State of Qatar expresses deep concern and disappointment with the Afghan caretaker government’s decision to suspend girls and women’s studies in Afghan universities until further notice….
Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have grilled top directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria over their roles in the N2 billion loan given to the National President of the National Cotton Association of Nigeria (NACOTAN), Anibe Achimugu. Achimugu is also the Managing Director of Arewa Cotton and Allied Products Limited….
The Imo State Police Command has dismissed seven officers for extortion, IGBERETV reports. Spokesperson of the command, CSP Michael Abattam, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, December 22, 2022, said the culprits have been charged to court. According to the PPRO, the dismissed policemen were arrested last month in a bank in Umuahia,…
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has warned against a money-lending app “MoneyMonger” malware used by hackers to blackmail unsuspecting people. Mrs Hadiza Umar, Head of Corporate Affairs and External Relations of the agency, gave the warning on Thursday in a statement issued in Abuja. Umar said that the malware campaign was aimed at…
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR PRESS RELEASE FG DECLARES DECEMBER, 26th, 27th, 2022 AND JANUARY 2nd, 2023 PUBLIC HOLIDAYS The Federal Government has declared Monday 26th, Tuesday 27th December 2022 and Monday, 2nd January 2023 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day celebrations respectively. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola made the…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi has urged his supporters to collect the money offered to them by opposition political parties and still vote for him. The Labour Party candidate made the call on Thursday at the Labour Party presidential rally in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. According to Obi, the money belongs…
A pro-democracy group, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders in Nigeria (CACLN) Thursday stormed the Presidential Villa to demand the immediate sack of the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over “fraud, diversion of government funds, and perpetuating unwholesome practices in the Forex management in the country.” The protest tagged ‘Emefiele Must Go’ witnessed a large…
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), says Nigerians will not have to deal with the challenge of multiple foreign exchange (FX) rates if he is elected president. Tinubu spoke at luncheon with business owners titled ‘business forward’ on Thursday in Lagos.Currently, Nigeria operates two foreign exchange (FX) markets: one is the…