archiveOctober 2019

Zenith Bank Plc has introduced Z-Money which brings banking services closer to its customers and enhance financial inclusion among the under-banked and unbanked populace of the country. According to a press statement from the bank, Z-Money is an agency banking product of the bank which entails the onboarding of agents...

As 10 bills scale First reading The Senate’s Ad-Hoc Committee investigating a case of assault against Senator Elisha Abbo on Tuesday submitted its report to the upper chamber. The report was presented during the plenary by Chairman of the Ad-Hoc committee, Senator Sam Egwu (PDP, Ebonyi North). The Senate had...

  The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has devised a new strategy of verifying certificates and other documents submitted for mobilization by Nigerian foreign-trained graduates. NYSC also announced that the verification exercise will start from 21st to 26th October 2019, adding that only foreign-trained PCMs who have registered successfully on...

  PROTOCOLS: I am delighted to join you this morning at the 25th Nigerian Economic Summit. Since 1993, public and private sector leaders have used this platform to deliberate on key issues of national development. I commend and congratulate all stakeholders, from the public and private sectors, for sustaining this...

Civil servants in Lagos State on Monday said they would receive nothing less than N50,000 as minimum wage. The workers gathered in front of the Lagos State House of Assembly after a peaceful march from Ikeja under bridge yesterday. Chairman of the State chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC,...

Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Monday, that his administration remains committed to the actualisation of the independence of the judiciary. The Governor, who was represented by his Deputy, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan, at the opening of the 2019/2020 Legal Year, stated that his administration would provide conducive atmosphere...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said a partnership between State Governors and the National Assembly would redefine good governance in the interest of Nigerians. Lawan stated this when members of the Progressive Governor's Forum comprising the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors met with the leadership of the Senate...

The University of Lagos has suspended the lecturer exposed in a video demanding sex from an undercover reporter posing as an admission seeker. The lecturer, Boniface Igbeneghu, was exposed in a video by BBC Africa where an undercover journalist, Kiki Mordi, disguised as a 17-year-old admission seeker. According to the...

  Nigerians are now feeling the pains arising from the border closure as the prices of staple foods such as rice, frozen foods and others continue to witness an increase of up to 65 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria had...

  The Nigerian Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) on Monday identified  the Federal Government’s inconsistent policies as a major factor  affecting  the development of businesses in the country. NACCIMA’s National President, Hajiya Saratu Aliyu, made the observation in Badagry at a One-day capacity building event organised by...