Twitter’s board has endorsed the proposed $44 billion sale of the company to billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. This was contained in a regulatory filing Tuesday, according to ABC News. However, AFP quoted Musk saying Tuesday that his $44 billion move to take over Twitter remained held up by “very significant” questions…
The Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, His Grace, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma has warned that a revolution is coming to chase away those holding the country down. The Archbishop made the call during his pre-Synod press conference on Tuesday. He also asked President Muhammadu Buhari-led…
Senate has received seven new nominees from President Muhammadu Buhari for consideration and confirmation as, Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Their nomination is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate, Dr .Ahmad Lawan and read at plenary on Tuesday. Buhari in the letter listed the ministerial designates to include: Henry Ikechukwu…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has called for better negotiation skills in curbing illicit financial flows. Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are illegal movements of money or capital from one country to another for various reasons. The call was made by Bolaji Owasanoye, ICPC chairman in his opening remarks…
Present Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr David Adejo (right), inspecting the 2022/2023 National Common Entrance Examination for admission into Federal Unity Colleges at Junior Secondary School in Federal Housing Authority Lugbe, Abuja… on Saturday. Photo: NAN The Federal Government, on Monday, announced the release of the results of the 2022 National Common…
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Ikeja Special Offences Court, Lagos State, on Monday, ordered one of Macmillan’s book publishers, Fasasi Bola, to be remanded in a custodial centre over alleged fraud. The defendant, alongside Macmillan Nigerian Publishers Limited, was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on an amended six counts bordering on…
Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Criminal court 1 in Benin city, Edo state, has sentenced Dominion Okoro, the housemaid of late Madam Maria Igbinedion, mother of ex-governor of Edo state, Lucky Igbinedion, to death by hanging for killing the 85-year-old woman at her residence in GRA Benin City on December 2 2021, before running away…
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, has advised Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Igboho to always ask questions in order to be properly informed before forming his opinion on any issue The monarch said this in a statement on Monday by his spokesman, Mr Oladele Ogunsola, while reacting to a video by Igboho that…
The Association of Resident Doctors at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, on Tuesday, embarked on a two-day warning strike over an alleged assault on one of them by a nurse. The resident doctors said the warning strike would commence from 8 am Tuesday, June 21, 2022, to 7:59 am on Thursday, June 23,…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and allied institutions have both said they have yet to receive any message after discussing the 2009 agreements with the Federal Government renegotiation committee. The Federal Government renegotiation…
