IN FOUR MONTHS, BANKS BORROW N2.08TN FROM CBN

Increased liquidity in the banking sector has continued to raise the lending institutions’ capacity to increase credit to the economy, NIKE POPOOLA reports The Deposit Money Banks and merchant banks…

APC KICKS AS PDP CLAIMS POLL GIVES OBASEKI VICTORY

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party and its All Progressives Congress counterpart have disagreed over the results of an opinion poll allegedly conducted by the latter. The…

APC: JEGEDE IN VERBAL WAR OVER ORE OVERHEAD BRIDGE

The ruling All Progressives Congress and the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State on Sunday engaged in a war of words over an overhead bridge project…

COLLEAGUES MAY GO ON STRIKE, GUNMEN KIDNAP DOCTOR IN CROSS RIVER

Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a paediatrician at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Dr. Vivien Otu. She was abducted on Friday night at the wake of her colleague’s mother on…

JAPAN DEFENDER NAGATOMO SET TO JOIN MARSEILLE

Japan international Yuto Nagatomo is expected to sign for Marseille on a free transfer to provide cover for left-back Jordan Amavi, coach Andre Villas-Boas said on Sunday. “He arrived today…

OSIMHEN NOT EXPERIENCING ANY KIND OF PRESSURE AT NAPOLI- AGENT

Victor Osimhen’s agent William D’Avilla says his client is not under pressure at Serie A giants Napoli. Osimhen joined Napoli in an African record €80m, including add-ons, and becoming the…

UEFA MAKES A RELEASE OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND DRAW

The draw for the third qualifying round of the 2020/21 UEFA Champions League, made at UEFA’s Swiss headquarters in Nyon on Monday: Ferencvaros (HUN) v Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) Qarabag (AZE)…

MOTORISTS, OTHERS URGED TO ENSURE SAFE DRIVING DURING,EMBER MONTHS

As the last four months of the year 2020 approaches, the Federal Road Safety Corps says it has begun its nationwide year-end campaign to sensitise road users on safety measures…

JUVENTUS MAKE MESSI ENQUIRY

An intermediary claiming to be acting on behalf of Juventus has made inquiries about the potential cost of signing Lionel Messi. The intermediary is also said to have outlined proposals…

JAPAN’S RULING LDP TO HOLD LEADERSHIP VOTE ON SEPTEMBER 14 TO PICK ABE SUCCESSOR

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party will vote on September 14 to select a new leader to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Jiji news agency reported on Monday. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving…