Day: September 28, 2021

D’Tigress Victory, A Worthy Independence Gift – Sunday Dare

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare said the victory of the national senior women basketball team D’Tigress at the Afrobasketball Championship in Cameroon is a worthy Independence Day gift to the country. Nigeria’s D’Tigress beat Mali on Sunday to emerge African Champions for the third consecutive time, affirming their position as the…

N20bn Kogi Salary Bail-out Loan: Court Fixes Oct.15 for Hearing of Applications

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday adjourned till October 15, 2021 for hearing of all applications in respect of the Kogi State N20bn salary bail-out account domiciled in Sterling Bank Plc. On August 31, 2021, Justice Tijani Garba Ringim had ordered the freezing of the account, following…

Senate Seeks N300bn Fund For Emergency Intervention

The Senate on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, consider an Emergency Intervention Fund to the tune of N300 billion for critical roads in Niger State linking economic corridors in the North and South. This was just as Senators bemoaned the deplorable state of critical roads across the country. According…

UBA’s LEO Continues To Evolve, Hits Over Three Million Users Mark

Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has in the last three years won the hearts of its customers with its artificial intelligence chat bot, LEO, which has proven to be the most formidable artificial intelligence chat bot till date; serving an ever-increasing clientele who now have less transaction hassles to worry…

Lagos Suspends Committee on Removal of Abandoned Vehicles

The Lagos State Government has suspended the ad-hoc teams of Committee on Removal of Abandoned Vehicles (RAVC) operating in the 20 Local Governments (LGs) and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the State with immediate effect. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Oluwatoyin Fayinka, who made this known in a statement on…