The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeriahas set up a reconciliatory cum fact-finding committee to intervene andamicably resolve the crises in some state Houses of Assembly in the country. This was part of the decision reached at the end of the 3rd Quarter General Meeting of the Conference which took place between 7…
As the buildup to the 2019 general elections gathersmomentum, a thickening plot to implicate the key aides of Akwa Ibom Stategovernor, Dr Udom Emmanuel, with trumped-up accusations of being involved incult activities has been uncovered. It is alleged to be spearheaded by a top-ranking former chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who recently cross-carpeted…
Jumia Nigeria has announced the commencement of its end of year campaign aimed towards encouraging Nigerians to shop for the Christmas season. Tagged ‘Jumia Christmas Sale’, the campaign which will run till the 16th of December only on the Jumia App, will offer free spa and travel tickets courtesy of Jumia Travel, concert tickets courtesy of Jumia…
Publisher of FactsReporter.com, Obong Ndutim, has been apprehended by police in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State over articles posted on his website. Reports have it that Ndutim was apprehended by the security operatives yesterday morning at his residence in Uyo by men of the Criminal Investigations Department, (CID). Spokesperson for the Police Command in Uyo, DSP Odiko MacDonconfirmed…
The Tony Elumelu Foundation will open the 5th Entrepreneurship Programme application cycle on January 1, 2019. Applications will be hosted on the largest digital networking platform for African entrepreneurs, TEFConnect, www.tefconnect.com. On the 1st of January 2019, at 12am, WAT, the Tony Elumelu Foundation will begin accepting applications for the fifth cycle of its Entrepreneurship…
Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has ordered for the arrest of the Branch-Managers of Ecobank and Access Bank over the non-payment of the November salaries of the local government workers in the state. As a result of this act, the Accountant-General of the State, Mrs Stella Udogwu, has been suspended from office by the governor.…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has commiserated with the leadership of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) over the death of its founder and national leader, Dr Frederick Fasehun. A statement released on Sunday signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Musbau Rasak, Obasa also commiserated with the family of the deceased…
Nigeria’s fastest growing retail bank, Diamond Bank Plc, has received the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) following its application to operate as a National Bank with immediate effect (subject to conclusion of the sale of Diamond Bank UK- DB UK Plc). With this approval the bank will cease to operate as an…
On Saturday, December 1, 2018, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Lagos State governorship election in 2019, Olujimi Agbaje, kicked off his campaign. During the declaration held in Lekki, Lagos, it was a rainbow coalition of various social, political and cultural groups, who came to show their immense support for him. The…
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors, ANED, has lent its voice to the ongoing row between the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki and the management of Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Speaking in response to media queries, ANED’s Executive Director for Research and Advocacy, Chief Sunday Oduntan, said the umbrella body was displeased by…