● Olanipekun, Yayale, Emodi, make list PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the reconstitution of governing councils and boards of federal universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education. Chief Wole Olanipekun [SAN], former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Yayale Ahmed, and Senator Joy Emodi, are among the top nominees as …

Multichoice Group, owners of DSTV, had an account balance of N31.6 billion with Heritage Bank, before the bank’s liquidation. According to the group’s annual report for FY 2024, Multichoice had a deposit of N33.7 billion (488 million South African Rands) with the bank as of the 2024 fiscal year end …

THE Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has paid the June salaries and pensions of workers and pensioners in Edo State, ahead of the Sallah celebration. The payment is in fulfillment of his promise to the workers, on Wednesday, during the inauguration of the Edo State Secretariat Complex, in Benin …

THE Armed Forces of Nigeria on Friday, announced the deployment of 197 personnel for the peace keeping mission in the Gambia. This is despite the insecurity scourge raging across Nigeria, with heightening cases of banditry, terrorism and kidnapping. The Chief of Operations Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Boniface Sinjen, disclosed the deployment …

Afreximbank and First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) have signed a $200 million facility agreement for financing the needs of the bank’s clients. The agreement was signed at the ongoing 31st Afreximbank Annual Meetings (AAM2024) in Nassau, Bahamas, on Friday, June 14, 2024. The facility is expected to finance the needs …

THE President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said the company is expanding the storage capacity of its refinery by 600 million litres. Dangote spoke at the Afreximbank Annual Meetings and AfriCaribbean Trade & Investment Forum in Nassau, The Bahamas on Wednesday. This, according to him, will push the …

Vladimir Putin has said Ukraine would need to withdraw troops from territories Russia claims to have annexed before a ceasefire could begin – a proposal Ukraine’s president called a Hitler-like “ultimatum.”. Volodymyr Zelensky has long said Ukraine will not negotiate with Moscow until Russian forces leave all Ukrainian territory, including …

A democratically elected president who was kicked out of power by the military a year ago should now lose his immunity from prosecution, Niger’s top court has ruled. That decision by the newly created body clears the way for Mohamed Bazoum, 64, to be tried by a military court. He …

The University of Abuja management said it was not responsible for the delay in the payment of salaries to academic staff members of the university. It said that it had since approved the payment of all academic staff members for May 2024. In a statement by the vice-chancellor, Professor Abdul-Rasheed …

A United States-based Nigerian businessman, identified as Robert Onyejekwe, is dead. He was 51 years old. The oil and gas magnate, who was visiting Nigeria from his base in Sugar Land, Houston, Texas, was found dead in his hotel room in Ikoyi, Lagos, in the evening of Sunday, June 9, …