Then and now The fund raising exercise organised by some concerned citizens including media and corporate affairs practitioners to raise $35,000 (USD) about N57 million for Kolawole Kuforiji, a Nigerian journalist to undergo a Deep Brain Stimulation surgery in Turkey has reached the first milestone of over N1 million donation. The total contribution so far coming from small donors with the smallest of N1,000 and the highest single donation of N200,000 is now N1,178,292.00, while the promoters are still waiting for the interventions of major foundations who have received letters requesting for assistance. The fund raisers said that so far MTN Foundation and Shell Nigeria had declined that they…
Author: Lilian Azuh
Imo map The Police in Imo State have arrested a 35-year-old businesswoman, Edith Nwachukwu for battering her 13-year-old house help, Kelechi Ejieke.The suspect was arrested on Tuesday by the operatives of the Owerri Urban Divisional Police headquarters after the minor was rescued from her at the popular Relief Market in Owerri, the state capital. The woman who is now detained by the police was said to have accused the minor of stealing her money. The founder of Stand for Humanity Foundation and a journalist, Chidiebube Okeoma, with some traders had alerted the police who arrested the woman and picked the…
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Labour leaders The Nigeria Labour Congress has called on Nigerians to prepare for a nationwide boycott of telecommunication services in response to the Federal Government’s recent approval of a 50 per cent increase in telecommunication tariffs. However, telecommunication companies insisted that the tariff hike is essential for the long-term sustainability of the sector and the improvement of services for subscribers. This came as the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission charged the telcos to prioritise service improvements following the approval to hike telecommunication tariffs. The NLC in a statement on Wednesday described the increment as a grave injustice to citizens…
Udom An anti-graft organisation, the Network Against Corruption and Trafficking, has called for a thorough investigation into the tenure of the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel. The group also petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission to scrutinise Udom’s eight years in office. In the petition released on Tuesday, signed by its operational manager, Stanley Ugabe, the organisation said that the former governor should be compelled to respond to the allegations levelled against him. The group stated, “If immediate past governors like Ifeanyi Okowa and Yahaya Bello…
Ojukwu The Lagos State High Court will hear the withdrawal of a joinder application filed by Afamefuna and Nwachukwu, sons of Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, on March 10, 2025. The application, dated December 16, 2024, seeks to retract their earlier request to be joined as parties in a 2011 property suit involving Ojukwu Transport Limited. The original suit, marked LD/794/2011, was filed by Ogbonna Ojukwu and others against OTL, with judgment delivered in 2018. Justice Adedayo Oyebanji had awarded possession of OTL’s Lagos properties, including No. 29 Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi, to the company. Following the judgment, OTL executed a warrant of…
Obaigbena President Bola Tinubu congratulates THISDAY Newspapers Limited, its Management and Staff on the 30th anniversary of the publication. Founded on January 22, 1995, by Prince Nduka Obaigbena, the media organisation has earned a reputation as a newspaper of record in Nigeria, delivering in-depth coverage of national and global events. The President commends the newspaper for its commitment to the ideals of free enterprise, democracy, and innovative use of technology and for nurturing many notable names in the media industry. President Tinubu states that the numerous awards the publication, its editors, and writers have received over the years are an eloquent…
IBB Former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) is set to launch his long-awaited autobiography. The memoir titled: ‘A Journey In Service’, will be released on February 20, 2025, at the event billed for the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja.The development is coming 32 years after IBB left office. The regime of the former Head of State was dogged by the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) policy which sparked a nationwide riot among others economic regulations. There was also the unresolved murder of late veteran journalist, Dele Giwa and the June 12 annulment among other controversial issues. While…
…Set to raise additional N200 billion in combination of Rights & Special Placement to complete CBN recapitalization requirement. Wema Bank, Nigeria’s foremost innovative bank and pioneer of Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has announced that it will be completing its capital raise through a combination of a Rights issue and Special placement exercise set to go live on April 1, 2025, with the goal of raising N200 billion in fresh capital. This would mark the second and final tranche of the Bank’s capital raise exercise, supplementing the N40 billion raised in the first tranche, and ensuring the Bank surpasses…
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