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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Lagos State has declared Monday, June 12, a public holiday to commemorate the 24th anniversary of June 12, 1993, presidential election, the result of which was later annulled by the then Head of State Ibrahim Babangida. The presidential election, believed to have been won by Chief M. K. O. Abiola, was adjudged as the freest and fairest in Nigeria’s history. In as statement signed by said the Secretary to the State Government Tunji Bello, Lagos State governor Akinwunmi Ambode said the time has come for Nigerians to go beyond the commemoration and entrench a viable democracy as a way to immortalise the late presumed winner of June 12, 1993, Presidential election, Chief M.K.O Abiola through the practice of true federalism and conduct of credible and fair elections. He said: “June 12, 1993, is a day we must not forget in the annals of our democratic history. Our present democratic experience may still be far from the ideal but we must all make concerted ef...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J As financial institutions in Nigeria race to capture the most innovative website and put it to good use, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, FBN, has revved up its website to engage customers more. The   bank recently launched a new website, that  uses Cookies-Cookies is an app that remembers a (person) customer for a better service online, and also remembers the customer whether the customer uses the site or closes the message.  With this, the   customer would   have registered to the bank’s Cookies notice. The new website is feature-rich with mortgage and loan calculators, a currency converter and a Google maps integrated branch locator. Built for the digital age, easy to access and navigate for the average multi-screen user. Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FirstBank, Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney, said, at the unveiling in Lagos, that the site could be accessed via URL  http://ift.tt/2sp8uXS from any internet enab...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J RAMADAN should be a time to avoid being wasteful. Some Muslims are unable to distinguish between their needs and luxuries, hence they engage in wasteful spending. Some, at the end of each fasting day, pile-up varieties of food that they cannot consume thereby spending more on what they do not need. If you have more, remember the have-nots. The act of giving is ibadah , and no act of ibadah can be said to be too much. Some sleep through the whole night with the alibi that they had a hectic day. Some even find it easy to compromise their sahur for more hours of sleep. Ramadan is a time we have to increase all our spiritual devotion, the day and night should be a beehive of spiritual activities. Like I said some few days ago, at the moment, if you visit some mosques during tarawih prayers, you will notice a drop. We should rather step up activities because it will take another 12 circle of the moon before we witness another Ramadan. So, we need to maximise the pe...

http://ift.tt/2sadv6z The statement quoted Mr Nick Fadugba, Chief Executive Officer of African Aviation as saying, “in the past 12 months, Ethiopian Airlines has further expanded its route network and modernised its fleet. Ethiopian Airlines has been named the African Airline of the year, 2016, in recognition of its continued rapid growth, increased profitability and outstanding contribution to aviation development in Africa. A statement by the airline on Monday in Abuja, disclosed that the award was announced at the 26th Annual Air Finance Africa Conference and Exhibition held in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr Meseret Bitew, Acting Chief Financial Officer, Ethiopian Airlines, said that the airline was pleased to win the award for the second time in a row. Bitew added that the feat was a testimony of the airlines’ commitment to serve the people of Africa. “The commendable success of Ethiopian Airlines attributes to the visionary leadership of Ethiopian management and the h...

http://ift.tt/2rQzpYH By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Jabi, will tomorrow, rule on an application challenging the continued detention of the Chief Executive Officer of Capital Oil and Gas Ltd, Ifeanyi Ubah, by the Department of State Service, DSS. Justice Halilu adjourned ruling on the application, on a day the security agency, alleged that Ubah committed an economic sabotage punishable by death. It told the court that the detained oil mogul was illegally divered about 84 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (commonly called petrol), that was kept in his custody by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. The DSS, in a counter-affidavit deposed by one of its operatives, Mr. Safwan Bello, told the court that the PMS Ubah diverted was valued at N11billion. It stated that several effort by the NNPC to recover the PMS it kept in Ubah’s tank farm failed as the applicant had converted it to his person...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J An Ikeja High Court was on Thursday thrown into confusion after a witness slumped and died in the court just before testifying in a land case. The deceased who was in his late 30s had come to court to testify in a land dispute before Justice O.A. Olayinka. “Before the case was called for trial, he started coughing and gasping and had to leave the courtroom. “He was vomiting a lot of blood and onlookers were scared to go near him. He collapsed on the corridors of the courtroom and a medical team came in with an ambulance to take body away. “His lawyer informed Justice Olayinka of his client’s death and she immediately stopped proceedings for the day,” a witness said. When newsmen visited the courtroom, clothes smudged with blood were seen on the corridors of the courtroom as well as the blood-stained shirt and leather slippers of the deceased.   The post Witness dies in court before testifying in land case appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard...