Man in court over N1.7m hotel bill
Lagos—A 40-year-old man, Oluwaseyi Owoeye, who allegedly lodged in a hotel and refused to defray N1.7 million accumulated bills, was, yesterday, charged before an Igbosere magistrate’s court in Lagos.
Buhari’s health: SGF backtracts, says ‘I didn’t attack Christians’
Apparently jolted by the wave of backlash that followed his alleged indictment of Christians with regards to the health condition of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir David Lawal, has denied making disparaging comments about Nigerian Christians.
All roads lead to Lagos as Vanguard honours Frontliners tomorrow
THE stage is set. All roads, will tomorrow, lead to the Convention Centre, Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, where Nigeria’s best read newspaper and online supremo, Vanguard, will honour 14 deserving Nigerians, who are unarguably, frontliners in their various fields of human endeavour.
Nigerian women of substance Amina the great
Kudos also to Amina Mohammed, the new Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, she was Minister of Environment and in charge of the HYPREP (Hydrocarbon Pollution Restoration Project) in my part of the country, Ogoniland.
Shipping: Access to funding, dollar tax, others a major challenge – Shipowners
GUARANTY Trust Bank Plc (GTB) has recorded a Profit Before Tax, PBT of N165.14billion, in its financial year ended December, 2016, representing a growth of 37 per cent over N120.69 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2015.
Perm Sec’s tenure elongation: HoS fails to produce Buhari’s letter
The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education yesterday refused to continue an investigative hearing on tenure elongation of the Permanent Secretary in Education Ministry, Mrs Jemila Shu’ara, as the approval letter purportedly written by President Muhammadu Buhari granting the extension was not provided.
