President Donald Trump has announced that the US now recognises Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Mr Trump described the move as “a long overdue step” to advance the Middle East peace process. The president said the US would support a two-state solution, if approved by both the Israelis and the Palestinians. Ahead of the decision, a
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a retired Justice of the Court of Appeal, Mohammed Tsamiya, for allegedly demanding N200 million bribe. Spokesperson of the commission, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Okoduwa alleged that the suspect demanded the bribe from one Mr Nnamdi
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos has directed the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) to conduct an enumeration of religious centres across the state. Ambode gave the directive while inaugurating 798 members of the NIREC appointed for the 20 Local Governments and 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos. He was represented by Dr AbdulHakeem Abdul-Lateef, the
The Coca-Cola Nigeria Ltd. has advised Nigerians to choose a healthy lifestyle by reducing their sugar intake and eat more fruits. Mr Gbolahan Sanni, the company Marketing Manager, Stills and Flavours, gave the advice at the launching of three new variants of Five Alive juice in Lagos on Tuesday. The new variants are Tropical, Apple
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed March 2 for judgment on an appeal by former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, challenging his alleged indefinite detention. The panel of five Justices, led by Dattijo Mohammed, gave the date after counsels to the parties in the case adopted their addresses. The ex-NSA had on June
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved six new private universities. They are Admiralty Univerity, Ibusa, Delta State; Spiritan University, Nneochi, Abia State; Precious Cornerstone University, Ibadan, Oyo State. Others are Pamo University of Medical Sciences, Port Harcourt, Rivers State; Atiba University, Oyo State; and Eko University of Medical and Health Sciences Lagos. The Minister
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) website has been ranked as the highest stock exchange website in Africa. Alexa, an Amazon Company, said in a statement issued by NSE on Wednesday in Lagos that latest Alexa rankings placed NSE website (www.nse.com.ng) among the top 100,000 most popular websites in the world. It places NSE website ahead
STANBIC IBTC Capital and Stanbic IBTC Bank, both subsidiaries of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, acted as the sole arranger and lender respectively on the six billion naira medium term facility to Kellogg Tolaram Nigeria Limited to finance the construction of a new cereal manufacturing plant in the Lekki Free Trade Zone, Lagos. The factory, according
THE National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), has expressed its readiness to partner with private and public sector organisations to capture data and issue unique identity numbers to Nigerians within the next two years. The Managing Director of the Commission, Aliyu Aziz, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday
The senator who represented Ekiti North Senatorial District between 2007 and 201, Ayo Arise, has reportedly been kidnapped by suspected kidnappers. Reports said Arise was kidnapped alongside his driver on Sunday evening by gun men along Okene-Abuja highway while travelling in his Mercedez Jeep and ferried him to unknown destination . Sources said the abductors