9mobile gets 16 January deadline for closure of takeover bids
Reuters
Nigerian regulators have set a Jan. 16 deadline for receipt of binding offers from prospective bidders to acquire debt-laden telecom firm 9mobile, the telecoms regulator said on Thursday.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) alongside the...
Fayose lambasts presidency over new NIA DG, says ‘Buhari is an unrepentant sectional leader’
Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’sappointment of Ahmed Abubakar as the new director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), TheCable NG reported.
Abubakar was appointed as a replacement for Ayo Oke,...
Turn Around: Man ejected by landlady wins N20m lottery
Agency Report
Mr Sidney Osahon, 35, Engineer from Edo, who won the ‘Give ‘n’ Take N20 million’ National Jackpot Bonanza said, his landlady almost ejected his family hours before he won the lottery.
Osahon, who disclosed...
Atiku’s son elopes with one of the children as court awards wife custody of...
There was drama at the Tinubu Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon following the disappearance of Aamir Atiku, the seven-year-old son of Aminu Atiku and his ex-wife, Unmi Fatima Bolori.
The boy’s mother claimed that Aminu, son...
Ambode boots out three commissioners
Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has sacked three of his commissioners. The secretary to the state government, Tunji Bello announced this in a statement issued on Thursday.
The affected cabinet members are Adebimpe Akinsola (ministry...
Maimuna Aliyu, mother of husband killer, Maryam Sanda granted bail
Agency Report
Justice Mairo Nasir of an FCT High Court on Thursday granted Maimuna Aliyu bail in the sum of N10 million.
Mrs. Aliyu, a former Executive Director, Aso Savings and Loans plc, is accused of...
Funke Akindele stars in Hollywood’s flick The Avengers
Nigeria’s Nollywood star, Funke Akindele in Hollywood’s flick Avengers: Infinity War
The film is an American superhero film based on Marvel Comics superhero team ‘The Avengers’.
Funke played the role of a Dora Milaje member in the film directed...
All lives are equal, but a cow’s is more equal than others – Soyinka
Nobel Laureate Prof. WOLE SOYINKA, in this piece titled ‘Impunity rides again’, flays the herdsmen killings in Benue State. Soyinka picks holes in the Federal Government’s reaction to the massacre, which he describes as...
Corruption: Nigeria Supreme Court judge, Sylvester Ngwuta’s trial begins
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered that the N4 million tendered as evidence in the ongoing trial of Supreme Court Judge, Sylvester Ngwuta, be counted before it is admitted as evidence.
Justice John...
White House Race: Trump vows he will beat Oprah Winfrey
Agency Report
U.S. President Donald Trump said he could beat Oprah Winfrey in a presidential race, while one of Winfrey’s closest friends said the media mogul and actress was “intrigued” by the possibility of running...
