Her appointment, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria, takes effect from June 1, 2024, according to the bank. “She takes over from Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, whose five-year term expires on May 31, 2024, after a very successful tenure. Dame (Dr.) Adaora Umeoji is the first female GMD/CEO since the inception of…
The distribution of the Ramadan welfare package was flagged off in Gummi, Bukkuyum, Anka, Talata Mafara, Bakura and Maradun Local Government Areas of the state on Tuesday. During the flagging-off ceremony, the governor’s wife said the food items distributed included rice, millet, guinea corn, maize, sugar, spaghetti, beans, groundnut oil, and wrappers. According to her,…
Mrs. Oluwatosin Olatunji, wife of the abducted Editor of FirstNews, Segun Olatunji, has claimed her husband never mentioned any controversial stories he wrote before his abduction. Olatunji was whisked away from his Iyana Odo, Abule Egba, Lagos residence on Friday night by armed men suspected to be soldiers. The armed men were said to have…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the result as illegitimate. “Everyone in the world understands that this person, like many others throughout history, has become sick with power and will stop at nothing to rule forever,” he said. “There is no evil he would not do to maintain his personal power. And no one in the…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a fresh bail application brought by the detained leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling on Tuesday, March 19, held that the court cannot grant Kanu bail on the fresh application having rejected an earlier one. Justice…
Polaris Bank’s International Women’s Day (IWD) webinar themed: ‘Empowering Voices: Women Leading Change,’ offered a dynamic platform for insightful conversations. The 2024 International Women’s Day (IWD) theme “Inspire Inclusion,” recognizes that despite progress made, women face significant obstacles to achieve equal participation in the economy. The webinar featured a distinguished panel of experts who discussed…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, on Sunday, condemned the recent killing of some soldiers in Delta State. His reaction comes after a late Saturday report that operatives of the Joint Task Force recovered 15 bodies of soldiers under the supervision of the General Officer Commanding 6 Division,…
Israel has killed more than 13,000 children in Gaza since October 7 while others are suffering from severe malnutrition and do not “even have the energy to cry”, says the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “Thousands more have been injured or we can’t even determine where they are. They may be stuck under rubble ……
Boxing, as administered by the Nigeria Boxing Federation (NBF), has become a cesspool of corruption and maladministration for some time now. More recently, when you thought the Federation could not dig itself deeper, it just found another level of appalling descent. It is no longer news that the Federation has ceased from organizing competitions or…
