Author: Olakunle Oke
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President Bola Tinubu on Sunday in Doha Qatar, vowed to deal with anyone who asks for bribes to undermine investors confidence in the country. The president assured the international business community that Nigeria is ready for serious business as his administration will deal decisively with any and all entrenched interests in the country who undermine […]
The Lagos state government has made it known that it will enforce monthly rental payments. In a recent press briefing, Barakat Odunuga-Bakare, the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Housing, shared exciting news about the upcoming monthly rental system. Set to be implemented by the end of 2024 or early next year, this […]
President Bola Tinubu has asked Qatari captains of industry to report any Nigerian official who demands any form of bribe before allowing them to do business in the country. He insisted that Nigeria would no longer be held back by its past dotted with bureaucratic bottlenecks and corruption that stifled the ease of doing […]
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has relished the declaration of March 2nd as his day in the city of Boston in Massachusetts, United States. Boston City Council recently declared March 2nd as Burna Boy’s Day in honour of the singer’s “performances and advocacy works.” The singer was formerly presented a plaque by […]
A former Minister of Power, Prof Barth Nnaji, has said the newly inaugurated 181 megawatts power plant in Aba, Abia State can be reproduced in Lagos and other states of the country. Nnaji, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Geometric Power Limited, the owner of the Aba power plant, in an interview with Sunrise […]
The Nigeria Customs Service Area Controller, Oyo/Osun Area Command, Dr Ben Oramalugo, said the command intercepted fake pharmaceuticals comprising Augmentin tablets, Ampiclox and Amoxycillin capsules concealed in 53 sacks with a Duty Paid Value of N1,739,000,000.00. The Oyo/Osun Customs Controller said that during the period covering February 1 through 27, 2024, the command collected the […]
Nigeria’s Lagos State opened a second light-rail line to ease gridlock in the nation’s commercial hub and most populous city that’s notorious for traffic jams. President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the 37-kilometer (23-mile) Red Line, which stretches from the northern suburb of Agbado down to the coastal area of Oyingbo, near the city’s central business district […]
Joseph Aloba, the father of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, has called on the Nigeria Police to summon the wife of his deceased son, Omomunmi, to provide insights into the death of his son. In the application signed by his legal team, the witnesses requested to testify before the court include, “Ayobami Fisayo […]
Public Relation Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Muyiwa Adejobi, has said the security situation in the country is getting better. He stated this in Ibadan during the presentation of awards to the overall winner of the boxing and archery competitions in the 14th Biennial Nigeria Police Game, BIPOGA 2024. Adejobi told newsmen in Ibadan […]
FD Group Plc, a proprietary investment company in Nigeria, has recorded an 84.7 percent decline in its after-tax profit for 2023, according to its latest unaudited financial statement. In the statement, the company’s after-tax profit was N1.08 billion, down from N7.09 billion in 2022. Earnings per share-basic totalled N5.69, down from N37.32 in 2022. Other […]
