Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its audited financial results for the year ended December 31, 2for019 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. A review of the results shows positive performance across all financial indices, reaffirming the Bank’s position as one of the most profitable and well managed financial institutions in Nigeria. Profit before […]

Airlines is contacting aviation regulators worldwide to request that the rules governing use of airport slots be reviewed or suspended immediately for the 2020 season, due to the impact of the coronavirus (covid-19). The airlines, under the aegis of International Air Transport Association (IATA), made the call following the cancellation of over 2500 flights and […]

•Predict imminent economy recession Economic experts have described the creation of Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account (ECA) also called Escrow, by the federal government as not only fraudulent, but unnecessary, saying it lacks legal backing in the first place. They also said the uncontrolled withdrawals even when the crude oil prices are not below the nation’s […]

• Dreams of coaching Nigeria in future Former Super Eagles star, Emmanuel Amuneke believes the senior national team should by now be looking beyond qualifying for the African Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup, saying the country should be regular serious contender for the trophies. To this end, the Egypt-based coach wants the […]

• Entertains Zamfara APC suit March 17 • Police caution Uzodinma, Ihedioha supporters against troublemaking The Supreme Court yesterday adjourned till today the hearing in the application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the March 9, 2019 governorship election in Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha. The request is seeking the review […]

• FG condemns attacks, Uba Sani wants bandits prosecuted • hehu Sani blames northern govs for attacks, seeks regional safety outfit • Ortom urges govt to strengthen OPWS in curbing herdsmen menace Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai yesterday apologised to the people of the state, and especially the communities that were attacked at the weekend […]

Court remands man for allegedly raping neighbour’s four-year-old daughter A 21-year-old man, Isa Abdulkareem, has been sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery by a High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti yesterday. Justice Oluwatoyin Abodunde, while handing down the sentence, said: “I found the defendant guilty and he is sentenced to death by hanging. May […]

A group, Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED), has alleged the harassment of Premium Times editors and reporter by the Department of State Services (DSS). The group said that the Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, might have gone underground after the DSS launched a manhunt for him. The home of the Editor-in-Chief, […]

Nigeria’s vulnerable economy may face further challenges following plans by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to reduce crude oil output by about 2.7 million barrel per day (bpd) in an attempt to save the market from the shocks of Coronavirus. Oil prices have fallen to a record low since the outbreak early this […]

Nigeria is monitoring 58 people who had contact with an Italian man infected with the new coronavirus, the health minister said Monday, as officials scrambled to stop the disease spreading. Africa’s most populous country on Friday confirmed the first case of the virus in sub-Saharan Africa after the patient was diagnosed in the economic hub […]

President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said the life of former President Olusegun Obasanjo is full of unrelenting service to humanity. Adesina stated this in a birthday message to Obasanjo. The ex-President will turn 83 on March 5. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) obtained a copy of the […]

Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce), in an over-night enforcement exercise at the weekend removed illegal structures comprising of shanties, mechanic workshops, containarised kiosks and commercial bus garages around Government Public Schools in Mile 2 and Badagry Expressway. Chairman of the Agency, Olayinka Egbeyemi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, […]