Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail – two of them suspended – for corruption. Sarkozy, 66, was found guilty of trying to bribe a magistrate by offering a prestigious job in Monaco in return for information about a criminal inquiry into his political party. The magistrate, Gilbert […]
The Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) are intensifying efforts to protect, interdict and deter threats around vessels anchored in the Secure Anchorage Area (SAA), off the coast of Lagos. The Director General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, dropped the hint in Lagos during a courtesy visit by […]
A coalition of 16 Civil Society Organisations yesterday blamed the insecurity, especially armed banditry and kidnapping in Zamfara, North-West part of the country, on corruption by previous administrations. Addressing a press conference in Lagos, the coalition expressed dismay over the insecurity in the state, saying this posed a threat to the nation at large. […]
Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has lauded the Pioneer Provost, College of Humanities & Culture, Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Ikire Campus, Prof. Siyan Oyeweso for what he described as his sterling contribution to the development of Osun State and the nation’s education sector. He also described Oyeweso, a Professor of History and International Studies […]
Sterling Bank Plc. has added rotation savings and peerto- peer lending feature to the available options on OneBank, its digital banking platform. The new feature, known as Ajo Scheme, is the digital construct of Ajo, Esusu and Adashe, the oldest informal means of collecting and saving money through a savings club or partnership for […]
Heads of tertiary institutions in the country have unanimously agreed that all admission processes for the 2020/2021 academic session would end by 15th June, 2021. The decision was reached at the end of a virtual meeting organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to […]
Investors in equities have lost N1.363 trillion in February following massive profit takings and low sentiment to growing concerns about the rising yields in the fixed income market. Analysts attributed the drop in the indices to profittaking by investors, saying the trend may be sustained as investors continue to leverage the appreciation recorded in […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has called for the immediate release of Mr. Tanko Salihi Yakassai, a former aide to Umar Ganduje, governor of Kano State by agents of the Department of State Services (DSS) few days ago. In a statement signed by the caucus leader, Rep. Kingsley […]
The Charge d’Affaires of the Embassy of China in Nigeria, Mr. Zhao Yong, has revealed that the People’s Republic of China provides no fewer than 300 government scholarships to Nigerians yearly, and about 7,000 Nigerians were running various programmes in China. Yong made the disclosure over the weekend, at a Symposium organised to mark the […]
Nigeria would, tomorrow, 2nd March, take delivery of 3.92 million doses of the longawaited AstraZeneca COVID- 19 vaccine. A joint statement by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), yesterday, in Abuja, noted that in West Africa, Nigeria was benefitting from […]