Access Bank Gets Shareholders’ Approval To Takeover Diamond Bank
Access Bank said on Tuesday it has received shareholders’ approval to take over rival Diamond Bank in a $235 million deal that would create Africa’s largest bank by customers. Access…
LASPARK to Incorporate Reading Programmes into the Activities in Recreational Parks
The General Manager, Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK), Mrs. Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola has restated the desire of the Agency to improve the literacy level of citizens by incorporating…
NNPC to Build Combined 4,000MW IPP in 3 States, Fertilizer Plant in Bayelsa
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it will build three Independent Power Plants (IPP), with a combined capacity of 4,000 megawatts of electricity in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano…
PEBEC Commences Fourth 60-Day National Action Plan (Nap 4.0) on Ease of Doing Business
In line with the commitment to deliver reforms aimed at improving the enabling environment for doing business in Nigeria through systemic interventions, the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council…
EFCC Frees Turaki, Abdullahi
The present Deputy Director General (Administration), People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Organisation, Tanimu Turaki, has been released by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). A source…
Alleged Attempted Suicide: Melaye’s N5m Bail, Two Sureties Still Valid- Oriji
Sen. Dino Melaye was on Tuesday docked at an FCT High Court, Apo area of Abuja on a six-count charge, bordering on attempted suicide and attempt to escape from custody….
Late Badeh: Court Convicts, Orders Immediate Winding up of Company, Forfeiture of $1m, Abuja Houses to FG
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday convicted and ordered the immediate winding up of a company, Iyalikam Nigeria Limited belonging to a former Chief of Defence Staff,…
Air Travel Passengers’ Traffic Increased By Over 20 Per cent in 2018 – NCAA
No fewer than 14,171,722 air travelers went through Nigeria Airports in 2018, according to figures released on Tuesday in Lagos by the Consumer Protection Directorate of the Nigerian Civil Aviation…
CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele to End Five-year Term in June, Ahmed Kuru, Ahmed Kuru Likely Candidates
CBN Gov. Godwin Emefiele The head of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele is likely to exit the bank in June, beginning with a leave from…
UTME: Mock Exercise Now March 23- JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has scheduled Saturday, March 23 for the conduct of its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Mock exercise. The board made…