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LAGOS, Nigeria – April 2023 – Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (“GTCO” or the “Group”) has released its Audited Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, to the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) and London Stock Exchange (LSE). The Group reported profit before tax of ₦214.2billion, …

LAGOS – The celebrated Nigerian female hip-hop crooner, Tiwa Savage has confirmed escaping from a security breach at her residence – widely reported online as a kidnap attempt. Tiwa, the talented singer, made the revelation on her Instagram handle via a statement signed by her management. It reads in part: …

ILARO-YEWA – Two teachers of DEUTERONOMY ACADEMY, Ilaro-Yewa, have been brought before the Chief Magistrate D.O. Ogunbowale Kolawole of Magistrate Court One, sitting in Ilaro-Yewa, Ogun State, on a two counts charge of assault and conspiracy to harm and to cause injury to Mester Mohammed Kabir Yakubu, an eleven years …

ABEOKUTA – A coalition of Yewa/Awori progressives in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have expressed disappointment in Governor Dapo Abiodun for reneging on a gentleman’s agreement to have power return to the zone in 2027. The coalition accused the Governor of betraying their trust threatening to expose how they …

ABUJA – The Nigerian Police authority has condemned in it’s totality the disturbing act of assault, allegedly committed by some members of the Nigerian Police, on a Nigerian in Port Harcourt. According to CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, the Force PPRO, “I wonder how a man, a reasonable man, would be flogging …

BY ABUSATAR HAMED ILARO-YEWA – A call has gone to the Muslim faithful to always spend bountifully towards the propagation of Islam and development of humanity. This advice was given by Alhaji Muibudeen Allinson, Chairman, Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria (ADS), Ogun State Council on Saturday, April 8, 2023, at the …

Opinion: By Soliu Owoyabu The Cambridge Dictionary defines disconnection as the action of stopping the supply of a service such as Electricity, Gas, Water or Phone to a place; especially because money has not been paid. Also, disconnection is the state of being isolated or detached. The meaning of disconnection …

ABEOKUTA – The former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has appealed to the Chief Clerk of the Central Criminal Court, in the United Kingdom to intervene in the current travils of Senator Ike Ekwerenmadu and his wife. Recall, Ekweremadu’s and his wife was recently convicted for conspiring and facilitating the …

ABEOKUTA – A group, under the aegis – ‘The INTELLECTS’, advancing good governance in Ogun State, has petitioned the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmoud Yakubu to withdraw Certificate of Return (CoR) given to Gov. Dapo Abiodun and order for the re-run of election in the state. Th …

By AbuSatar Hamed LAGOS – The founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu has urged the United States of America the need to reimagine its relationship with Africa, away from aid, to creating self-reliance for the African youths. Elumelu stated this During the US-Africa Leader’s Summit last year (2022) …