archiveMarch 2020

The Senate has commenced moves to strengthen the country’s economy by giving a boost to the business sector in Nigeria. The upper chamber, in a bid to realise this target, will on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, consider a critical bill which specifically seeks to amend the Companies and Allied Matters...

...says Army twice saved him from imminent death The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said at the weekend that his administration would continue to maintain cordial relationship with the officers and men of the Nigerian Army in order to keep the state safe and secure. Governor Makinde, who...

  The Joint Border Operation Drill, Sector 3, says it has recorded gains by improving security and economy of the country in less than two months of inauguration. The Ag. Coordinator, Joint Border Operation Drill, Sector 3, Compt. Garba Mohammed, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...

  Some traditional rulers and old students’ associations of public schools in Osun have commended Gov. Gboyega Oyetola for the review of the state’s education policy, describing it as a welcome development. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government had, on March 2, announced the abolition...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday met with Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President’s Personal Assistant on Photographs (Presidency), Mr Sunďay Aghaeze, who confirmed this development via pictorial reports, revealed that the governor updated President Buhari on the latest development over the index case...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has completely deactivated 2.2 million Improperly registered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) Cards across Telecommunication networks nationwide. The Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, made this known in a statement signed by Dr Henry Nkemadu, Director, Public Affairs in Abuja. Danbatta said that the...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) joined the rest of the world on Friday, March 6, 2020, to commemorate the International Women’s Day (IWD) by hosting a half day symposium and bell ringing ceremony for gender equality at The Exchange, Lagos. With the theme “Each for Equal”, the event focused...

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum has accused the Federal Government of clandestine move to support the Boko Haram insurgents in their renewed bid to unleash mayhem in the North East zone. The leaders in a one-page statement entitled ‘Boko Haram: FG Killing Us Softly’, alerted Nigerians and the...

  Herbert Wigwe discusses expansion plans, FinTech in Bloomberg interview Herbert Wigwe, the Group Managing Director of Access Bank, during a recent interview with Bloomberg, reiterated the Bank’s plan to be Africa’s gateway to the world and expand into 22 countries over the next five years. Wigwe discussed the Bank’s...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned Mr. Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, lawyer of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, at the Federal High Court in Lagos for alleged money laundering. The anti-graft agency, in a three-count charge filed on Friday, alleged that Mr. Giwa-Osagie laundered $2 million during the...