Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun on Thursday said the sum of N13b is needed to fix deplorable portions of Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta Road. Abiodun stated these in his address at the virtual citizens’ engagement (town hall meeting) on 2022 – 2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and 2022 Budget for Ogun West Senatorial District, held in Abeokuta.…
Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (GTCO or the Group) has released its Unaudited Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the period ended September 30, 2021, to the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) and London Stock Exchange (LSE). The Group reported profit before tax of ₦151.9billion, representing a drop of 9.2% over ₦167.4billion recorded in the corresponding…
In a bid to ensure that entrepreneurial goals of the Nigerian youths are achieved, Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s most innovative service banking provider, in collaboration with The Next Titan is set to further invest N15million on viable Nigerian entrepreneurs. Tagged “Uncaged,” The Next Titan season-8 is Nigeria’s foremost Business Reality TV Show where contestants compete…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said it will establish six standard rehabilitation centres, one in each geo-political zone of Nigeria. This is part of efforts to treat the high number of persons suffering drug addiction in the country. This was disclosed in Abuja on Wednesday, 27th October 2021 by the Chairman/Chief Executive of…
Rite Foods’ counsel has prayed the Lagos Federal High Court of Hon. Justice A.L. Allagoa, to convict the Managing Director of the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Mathieu Seguin for contempt of court, as he has failed in the previous suit against him to appear before the court, after many months before the interim injunction was…
The River state Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said that his government will not enact a bill for financial autonomy of the judiciary. The governor maintained that it will be futile to bother the State Assembly with such bill since the 1999 constitution as amended already recognises independence of the judiciary. Wike made this assertion…
Eight-year-old Oladele Odedoku has emerged winner in the Primary category of Ojodu Local Council Development Area’s 2021 Spelling Bee Preliminary competition, while Oyeyemi Oluwafunmilayo of Babs Fawunwa Senior Secondary School beat others to win the Senior Category. The competition, in its maiden edition under the leadership of Mr David Olusegun Odunmbaku (DOS), held at the…
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has warned that the various criminal activities of kidnapping, bombing and assault on the people in some parts of the country which are being referred to as banditry must be appropriately addressed as terrorism. Governor Akeredolu noted that infiltration of the country’s borders and burning down of railway are…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday October 25, 2021, depart for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organized by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. The President will also perform the lesser Hajj in Madina & Makka before returning to the country on Friday. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity,…
The Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde has ordered the installation of Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in all the correctional facilities across the state. Makinde gave the order on Sunday when he visited the Abolongo Correctional Centre, Oyo, which was attacked on Friday night by unknown gunmen, and hundreds of inmates escaped. It was reported that…