archiveJune 2020

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, and stakeholders are working to tackle farmers’ lack of access to high quality cassava planting materials. The IITA Digital Extension and Advisory Services Specialist, Mr Godwin Atser, who disclosed this in a statement in Ibadan on Friday, said the project, which will...

The Dutch Government said on Friday it would provide 3.4 billion Euros ($3.8 billion) in support to the Dutch arm of Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA), capping months of wrangling with France over the role each country should play in a coronavirus rescue deal. The move came after Paris announced a seven-billion...

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Kayode Popoola, on Friday said that the Kara Bridge on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway was being partially closed for integrity test to begin on Saturday. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone that an integrity test was necessary to ascertain the...

The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) says its April ‘Diet’ examinations, which was to take place from April 7 to April 9, 2020, will now hold alongside that of October. The professional examination that the institute serves its members for knowledge is usually taken twice, in April and...

FCMB Group and AIICO Insurance have notified the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and the investing public of discussions for sale of 96 per cent stake of AIICO Pensions Managers to FCMB Pensions. This is disclosed in separate statements by FCMB Group and AIICO Insurance on Friday posted on the Exchange...

Lagos State government has revealed what led to the death of former Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi who died on Thursday after battling coronavirus for weeks. Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Prof Akin Abayomi said on Friday that Ajimobi aged 70 died due to multiple organs’ failure resulting from COVID-19....

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday said the demise of Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the former deputy National Chairman, South has cost the party a decent man whose spirit and character embodied the party’s progressive mantra. The party, in a statement by its National Chairman, Caretaker Committee, Governor Mai...

The man Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, popularly called IBB, an acronym drawn from the first letters of his names, is unarguably a man of many faces. He means different things to different people at different times and in different places. With the sobriquet, Maradona or Evil Genius, IBB can conveniently be...

...directs flags to fly at half-mast on Friday Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has expressed sadness at the demise of the immediate past governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi. The governor, in a condolence message to the Ajimobi family and the good people of Oyo State, also directed...

Liverpool have been crowned Premier League champions after Manchester City‘s defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. The triumph ends a 30-year wait for the Reds who last won the title in 1990. Last year’s champions City were Liverpool’s closest challengers this season but required victory in west London on Thursday...