archiveJuly 10, 2019

  Nigeria-focused mobile payments company OPay raised $50 million from investors, cash it plans to use to expand the scale and scope of services in its core market and expand to new countries in Africa. According to Mobile World Live news monitored by Business247 News, Backers taking part in the...

Nigeria’s total public debt rose to N24.947 trillion as of March 31, from N24.387 trillion as of December 31, 2018, growing marginally by 2.30 per cent, the Debt Management Office said. A statement issued by the office on Wednesday in Abuja said that the debt stock comprises of domestic and...

  The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala-Usman,  has urged women in the Maritime Industry to work together to  improve leadership opportunities in the sector. Bala-Usman made the plea when the executives of the Women in Maritime Africa (WIMAfrica) paid a courtesy visit to the NPA Headquarters in...

Justice Dorcas Agishi of the Federal High Court on Wednesday ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu and  Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) Abba Kyari, to appear on September 25 to show cause why they should not be charged with contempt....

  The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate and monitor the recruitment of Nigerians by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the country. This was sequel to a motion brought before the house by a member, Yusuf Gagdi, with the title: “Need to investigate and monitor the recruitment...

Ohanaeze Ndigbo has commended South East Governors for their resolve not to release lands for the suspended Ruga Settlement Programme. The apex Igbo organisation, however, noted that they should be more of proactive than making statements and precepts. Ohanaeze spoke through its deputy publicity secretary, Chuks Ibegbu. He warned no...

The Senate on Wednesday passed resolutions to protect indigenous airlines from going into extinction due to multiple designations and multiple frequencies granted foreign airlines in Nigeria. The resolution followed a motion entitled “Unfair Competition and Urgent Need to Protect Nigeria’s Indigenous Airlines from Extinction” sponsored by Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah (YPP...

A medical doctor, Dr Victor-Bryan Nwala has shared a medical tip on Twitter, warning against the use of saliva as lubricant during sexual intercourse because it may lead to infection. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Nwala stated this on his Twitter page on Wednesday, stressing that such...

  The wife of Ekiti governor, Bisi Fayemi, has advised youths to embrace technical education in order to decongest the labour market. The governor’s wife gave the advice in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday when the Chairman of the State Board for Technical and Vocational Education, Hon. Kayode Babade, paid her a...

    The PUNCH has removed its Daily Editor, Martin Ayankola over an offensive cartoon published in the newspaper last Thursday. Also asked to resign was the Saturday Editor, Olabisi Deji-Folutile over the same issue. There have been an outrage and backlash over a cartoon published on the back page...