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The Presidency on Monday said the Zambari killing in which 43 farmers were slaughtered would have been avoided if only the affected 43 farmers killed by Boko Haram on Saturday had made attempts to obtain military clearance to be on the rice farms in the first place. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media…
November 30, 2020
Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, went home with two highly coveted recognitions at BusinessDay’s Bank and other Financial Institutions Awards (BAFI). UBA won both the Bank of the Year and the International Bank of the Year at the upscale ceremony which took place at the weekend in Lagos, Nigeria. The frontline…
November 30, 2020
The immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and six others were on Monday re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 10 count charge bordering on alleged fraudulent application of N544m for grass-cutting contract. Recall that this is the second time that the immediate past SGF, Lawal …
November 30, 2020
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has reiterated the National Assembly's commitment to the improvement of women and youth involvement in public service and governance in Nigeria through innovative legislative interventions. This Deputy Senate President who decried women participation in public governance in Sub-Saharan Africa, which is presently below 24.7 percent said creative…
November 30, 2020
Justice T. B. Adegoke of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State on November 30, 2020 sentenced Mr Onus Osagie Amahian, a former staff of Access Bank, to five years imprisonment for fraud. Mr Amahian was prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 25-count charge bordering…
November 30, 2020
Massive Explosions have wrecked a church said to be owned by the father of Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The New Diplomat's checks reveal that hoodlums and militant youths totaling about five mysteriously found their way into the the church building, (Christian Universal Church International) situated at number…
November 29, 2020
Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has revealed that the ministry of Youths and Sports Development needs a colossal sum of N81 million to cut-off grasses that have over-grown all over the the National Stadium called MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. Mr Dare who disclosed this in Abuja while speaking at a…
November 29, 2020
Leading energy companies have urged the UK to embrace carbon trading after the Brexit transition period concludes and not adopt a carbon tax instead. In a letter to Boris Johnson, the group, which includes firms such as RWE and Uniper, said that tradable carbon credits remain the best way of cutting emissions. At the moment,…
November 26, 2020
*Deploys crack team of Revenue Treasury Officials to Money-spinning agencies... In a determined bid to shore up its revenue base and block leakages in revenue generation, the federal government has deployed a crack team of Revenue Treasury Directors(RTD) with the requisite expertise to operate optimally and efficiently to some revenue generating federal agencies. The New…
November 26, 2020
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The Presidency on Monday said the Zambari killing in which 43 farmers were slaughtered would have been avoided if only the affected 43 farmers killed by Boko Haram on Saturday had made attempts to obtain military clearance to be on the rice farms in the first place. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media…
November 30, 2020
Pan-African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, went home with two highly coveted recognitions at BusinessDay’s Bank and other Financial Institutions Awards (BAFI). UBA won both the Bank of the Year and the International Bank of the Year at the upscale ceremony which took place at the weekend in Lagos, Nigeria. The frontline…
November 30, 2020
The immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and six others were on Monday re-arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 10 count charge bordering on alleged fraudulent application of N544m for grass-cutting contract. Recall that this is the second time that the immediate past SGF, Lawal …
November 30, 2020
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has reiterated the National Assembly's commitment to the improvement of women and youth involvement in public service and governance in Nigeria through innovative legislative interventions. This Deputy Senate President who decried women participation in public governance in Sub-Saharan Africa, which is presently below 24.7 percent said creative…
November 30, 2020
Justice T. B. Adegoke of the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State on November 30, 2020 sentenced Mr Onus Osagie Amahian, a former staff of Access Bank, to five years imprisonment for fraud. Mr Amahian was prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a 25-count charge bordering…
November 30, 2020
Massive Explosions have wrecked a church said to be owned by the father of Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The New Diplomat's checks reveal that hoodlums and militant youths totaling about five mysteriously found their way into the the church building, (Christian Universal Church International) situated at number…
November 29, 2020
Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has revealed that the ministry of Youths and Sports Development needs a colossal sum of N81 million to cut-off grasses that have over-grown all over the the National Stadium called MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. Mr Dare who disclosed this in Abuja while speaking at a…
November 29, 2020
Leading energy companies have urged the UK to embrace carbon trading after the Brexit transition period concludes and not adopt a carbon tax instead. In a letter to Boris Johnson, the group, which includes firms such as RWE and Uniper, said that tradable carbon credits remain the best way of cutting emissions. At the moment,…
November 26, 2020
*Deploys crack team of Revenue Treasury Officials to Money-spinning agencies... In a determined bid to shore up its revenue base and block leakages in revenue generation, the federal government has deployed a crack team of Revenue Treasury Directors(RTD) with the requisite expertise to operate optimally and efficiently to some revenue generating federal agencies. The New…
November 26, 2020
