Author: Akintayo Adams

Jim Ovia, 72, founder of Zenith Bank, has been appointed as the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This was contained in a State House statement issued Friday by the Special Adviser to the President, Media & Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, and titled, ‘President Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia as Chairman of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund’.  “Ovia is the founder of one of Nigeria’s leading banks and a respected business leader, with a surfeit of efforts and benefaction towards nurturing and empowering young Nigerians,” reads the statement. “He is an alumnus of Harvard Business…

The military commander of an army camp in Sabon Garin Dan’Ali, Danmusa local government area, Katsina state, had reportedly been murdered in an ambush. According to sources, the incident occurred Thursday evening, and the deceased, an army major, was deposited at a hospital in Katsina. According to a Daily Trust report, the commander was ambushed at Malali village, Kankara local government region, where he was called to offer reinforcement to repel an attack on the community. “As you know, Malali is along Zangon Pawwa road, and that area is completely taken over by bandits. Whenever there is an attack the…

Non-exclusive rights for the broadcast of Spanish topflight league, LaLiga EA Sports and LaLiga Hypermotion, for the next five seasons have been secured by StarTimes. Speaking on the agreement, Melcior Soler, LaLiga’s Audiovisual Director, stated, “Reaching our audience is essential for us, and partnering with StarTimes is key to deliver our best-in-class content to all our fans in the Sub-Saharian region.” “We are thrilled to share the news of our successful bid for the LaLiga broadcast rights, securing access to one of the most prestigious football competitions globally. Football is at the heart of StarTimes’ sports content strategy, and this…

The American International School of Abuja has made known its intention to refund fees paid for the children of Yahaya Bello, immediate-past governor of Kogi state. The school, therefore, urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to make available what it termed “authentic banking details” for the recovery. This was contained in a letter addressed to the Lagos Zonal Commander of the EFCC in which it revealed that the sum of $845,852 has been paid in tuition for the past three years, precisely the 7th of September 2021 to date. “Please forward to us an official written request, with the…

Ballot papers meant to be used for Saturday’s local government elections in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo state have been snatched by miscreants believed to be political thugs. It was reported that the ballot papers were hijacked by the hoodlums in the early hours of Friday. Meanwhile, source disclosed that the ballot papers have been recovered and sent to Ibadan, the state capital. 14 suspects were also arrested. However, OYSIEC Chairman, Isiaka Olagunju, denied the snatching of ballot papers but confirmed the attack on electoral officials. “That is not true. The fact is that there was an attack on…

Demolition of buildings situated within the right of way of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road will start Saturday, according to a Federal Government announcement. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Korede Keisha, made this known at a press briefing in Lagos Thursday. “So this press briefing is just to create awareness for all those that may be involved or have one or two things to do along that project corridor. “We’ve sent out demolition notices to as many as are within the right of way and we are using this medium now to say that everyone that has any…

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has alerted the public on an ongoing advertisment going on about the Student Loan Scheme. It described it as a “fraudulent advertisement”. This followed advertisements on certain news sites promoting the website www.fedstudyloan-gov.ng as the application platform for the Federal Government’s much awaited student loan scheme. NELFUND, in a disclaimer signed on Friday by its Media and Public Relations Lead, Nasir Ayitogo, said: “NELFUND wishes to clarify that it has no association with this website and strongly condemns any attempt to deceive students seeking financial aid.” “NELFUND takes the security and well-being of our students…

The Nigerian Navy, through the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, says it is relocating the Naval Training Command headquarters from Lagos to Onne in Rivers State. This was revealed when the CONS, in the company of high ranking officers of Navy High Command paid a courtesy visit to the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Thursday. “The purpose of my coming here today is three-fold. The first is to inform His Excellency that on Saturday, we are graduating a set of former civilians who have been trained at our Basic Training School, Onne, and are graduating…

In tbe past six-months, the Federal Government received an additional ₦3.8 trillion in Ways and Means Borrowing from the Central Bank of Nigeria. This, according to report, is the provisional data published in the latest Statistics bulletin for the last quarter of 2023, which the apex bank released. According to the CBN’s provision statistics, the entire sum increased from ₦4.4 trillion at the end of June 2023, bringing the government’s cumulative Ways and Means balances to ₦8.2 trillion as of December 2023. The amount contradicts Minister of Finance Wale Edun’s allegation that Tinubu’s government has yet to borrow from the…

Idris Okuneye popularly known as Bobrisky who was sentenced to a six-month jail term for abusing the Naira has been transferred from the Ikoyi Correctional Center to the Kirikiri Prison by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), according to a report by The LEADERSHIP. A very reputable source, a Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) official, was reported to have disclosed that the popular cross-dresser is being imprisoned at Kirikiri Prison and was surreptitiously relocated there last weekend. He stated, “It is procedural that he is moved to Kirikiri since it is an expansive prison compared to what we have here.” He was…