Author: Ifetayo Adeniyi

Felix King to Empower Rural Women With Access To Mobile Technology To further improve the daily lives of indigent rural women and widows, Felix King Foundation has announced the ‘Helo Mama’ initiative that comes with mobile phones for widows and phone charging stations for women in rural communities. The ‘Helo mama’ programme, a two-legged scheme Is designed to provide mobile phones for impoverished rural widows and at the same time phone charging stations powered by 2.5kva solar systems across these communities for the rural women to have unfettered access to power to charge their phones. The initiative…

Bola Tinubu Breaks 24-Year Record of Obasanjo, Yar-Adua, Jonathan, and Buhari in 24 Hours   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu surpassed the stock market performance of his predecessors within the first 24 hours of his inauguration. Following Tinubu’s inauguration, the Nigerian stock market opened the week on a bullish note as investors displayed confidence in his administration. President Tinubu addressed key economic concerns in his inaugural speech, emphasising the need to capture fuel subsidy in the 2023 budget and pledging to work towards a unified exchange rate to bolster the Nigerian economy. This created investor optimism and confidence in his administration’s…

Polaris Bank Clafiries Real Ownership in a Leaked Email to Staff The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bank, Adekunle Sonola, has emailed the staff concerning a media report on the bank’s ownership. Legit.ng had reported that last year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it completed the sale of the bank to Strategic Capital Investment Limited (SCIL) as the new owner and core investor. Bank refutes allegations of obstructed sale The report said that SCIL paid an upfront consideration of N50 billion to purchase 100% equity in the bank As part of the deal, the…

Polaris Bank Clafiries Real Ownership in a Leaked Email to Staff The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Polaris Bank, Adekunle Sonola, has emailed the staff concerning a media report on the bank’s ownership. Legit.ng had reported that last year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said it completed the sale of the bank to Strategic Capital Investment Limited (SCIL) as the new owner and core investor. Bank refutes allegations of obstructed sale The report said that SCIL paid an upfront consideration of N50 billion to purchase 100% equity in the bank As part of the deal, the…

President Tinubu Appoints Buhari’s Ex-Minister as SGF State House, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday, June 2, announced the appointment of the immediate past minister of special duties, George Akume, as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). Akume, a former governor of Benue state, served under former President, Muhammadu Buhari, as the immediate past minister of special duties. Senator Dr. George Akume’s appointment confirmed This was made known by an aide to former President Buhari, Tolu Ogunlesi, in a post he shared on Twitter. ment as President Tinubu’s Chief of Staff Legit.ng reported earlier that…

Nigeria Super Eagles Player, Victor Osimhen Wins Serie A Striker Of The Year Award The hot cake Nigeria super Eagles forward, Victor Osimhen has just won Striker of the Year award in Serie A league haven’t rated his achievements below. 👕 Appearances 31 ⚽ Goals 25 🅰️ Assists 4

I Didn’t Declare N9trn In Assets – Dauda Lawal Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara, northwestern Nigeria, has said he did not declare 9 trillion naira in cash, investment, and property assets. Gatekeepers News reports that Lawal disclosed this during an interview with Radio France International (RFI) Hausa on Thursday. The Governor, who said the people of Zamfara will not be facing so many challenges if he had N9 trillion, added that he would have used the money for the development of the state. He stated that the allegation was speculation by people looking to cause mischief, adding…

Bawa wins SERVICOM award for ‘quality service’ The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday in Abuja, received an award of distinction and quality service from SERVICOM. The National Coordinator/Chief Executive, SERVICOM, Mrs Nnenna Akajemeli, presented the award at a one-day stakeholders forum for directors of reforms, nodal officers, public relations officers and Civil Society Organisations. Noting that the event was aimed at sustaining service delivery enlightenment campaigns on the damaging effects of service failures, Akajemeli commended the EFCC for raising the bar in strengthening the service delivery campaign. The spokesperson…

Streetlight projects allocation higher than health, education budgets — Tracka Allocations to Social Projects – 2023 A non-governmental organisation, Tracka, has said that the Federal Government’s allocation for the construction of streetlights is higher than the combined sum allocated for education and health. According to findings by BugIT, a service delivery promotion platform under the NGO which allows citizens to collaborate, track, and give feedback on public projects in their communities, a total of N81.7 billion was allocated to the construction of solar street lights in the 2023 FG Capital and Constituency projects while the total allocation to…

Tinubu: The Crowning of the Spiderman From football to jollof rice, and other sundry striving like music and acting, I love the healthy rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana. But truly, Ghanaians know which is the giant of the two countries just as Nigerians know that the tattered singlet of Musa at the gate is worthier that the starched khaki of the brain-lazy, woebegone retired Major-General. Though farther than Benin Republic, Togo, Niger and Cameroon in terms of geography, Ghana is closer to Nigeria in terms of shared experience and colonial language. “Imagination is better than knowledge,” I agree…