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Doyen of Accounting Profession Akintola Williams Dies At 104 The doyen of the accounting profession, Pa Akintola Williams, has passed away at the age of 104 years old. Nigeria’s first indigenous chartered accountant reportedly died at 9 a.m. on Monday. Pa Williams is reputedly the first Sub-Saharan African to become a chartered accountant after he […]

Zenith Bank Boosts Earnings with N356bn FX Gain Zenith Bank Plc has delivered a strong earnings boost in the first half of the financial year 2023, a feat that was supported by about N356 billion in gains from its foreign currency transactions revaluation. Its financial scorecard published on the Nigerian Exchange showed that gross earnings […]

Ecobank Unveils Back-to-School Packages for Customers School Fees Loans: Ecobank Nigeria is offering special loan packages for parents and guardians to enable them to pay school fees for their children and wards ahead of resumption for the 2023/2024 school year.  In another masterstroke, the bank is making special infrastructure loans available to educational institutions. This, […]

*Urges Personnel to Prioritize Maintenance The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, on Monday, in Tafa, a suburb along the Abuja-Kaduna Road, disclosed that the appellate court is currently battling with “dwindling resources”, hence personnel of the court should be up and doing in their assigned responsibility. The charge was directed mainly […]

The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal said it dismissed the evidence of dual citizenship and perjury against President Bola Tinubu because Atiku Abubakar introduced the matter at a time when the president’s lawyers could no longer respond, which the justices deemed to be an “unfair tactic” that would not be tolerated. According to the full opinion […]

Ahead of a scheduled hearing in the U.S. on Tuesday, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu filed a response asking the court to disregard records suggesting the person admitted to Chicago State University in the 1970s was female. Tinubu claimed opponent Atiku Abubakar was trying to “sandbag” him by raising the records in his ongoing challenge to […]

The National Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Jos, Plateau State, has declared a former governor of the state, Simon Lalong, who was the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the duly elected person for Plateau South senatorial district. Chairman of the three-member panel, Justice Mahmoud Tukur held that the votes scored by […]

The Niger state national and state houses of assembly election petitions tribunal has sacked Joshua Gana from the house of representatives. Joshua, son of Jerry Gana, a former minister of information, was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Edati/Lavun/Mokwa federal constituency of Niger state in the February 25 elections. He was declared […]

The National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano State on Monday sacked the lawmaker representing the Kumbotso Federal Constituency, Idris Dankawu. The tribunal affirmed that Dankawu, who is the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, forged his West African School Certificate which he submitted to contest the election. The […]

The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has started installing closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras across campus to address allegations of sexual harassment. The cameras are being placed in lecturers’ offices and other strategic locations. The move follows rising cases of sexual misconduct by lecturers at the university. Recently, UNIZIK removed and suspended some faculty accused […]

The National/House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin, the Edo State capital, on Monday, affirmed the return of the House of Representatives member representing Akoko-Edo federal constituency, Peter Akpatason. The judgement, in the petition marked EPT/ED/HR/10/2023 and filed by the Labour Party candidate, Omobayo Marvellous Godwin, was delivered by Justice Justice Yusuf Mohammed-led […]Read More

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State, on Monday, nullified the election of a two-term member of the House of Representatives on the platform of the All Progressive Congress, Francis Waive. The tribunal declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25 election, Solomon Ahwinahwi, as the winner […]