archiveJuly 2020

Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has described the late industrialist and successful entrepreneur, Chief Bode Akindele, as a legend and role model for development. Governor Makinde, who stated this while speaking at the burial ceremony of the late Business mogul, said that Akindele will live forever because of his...

The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), on Friday urged Nigerians to take steps to protect themselves, especially as the country Nigeria fights against HIV/AIDS and Coronavirus (COVID-19). Dr Gambo Aliyu, the Director-General of NACA made the appeal in a statement in Abuja while felicitating with Muslims on...

Former Liberian President, Ellen Sirleaf has joined other continental and regional blocs including the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as well as notable leaders around the world who have been congratulating the former Nigerian minister of agriculture and current President of the African...

German multinational conglomerate company, Siemens, has concluded plans to train electricity Distribution Companies and other electricity stakeholders in the country. Siemens in a statement on Thursday stated that 11 DISCOs, Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), and regulators would be trained on all the equipment and software being provided in the...

Fresh data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday has revealed that the nation’s external reserves dropped by $314.927 million from $36.214 billion on 28th June, 2020 to $35.899 billion on 28th July 2020, indicating a drop of about one per cent. Nigeria’s external reserves in the period...

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has praised the efforts of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) at unifying the country’s Foreign Exchange (forex) windows, describing it as a welcome development, saying it will engender increased investment inflow into the real sector of the economy. The position of the body...

The Northern Governors Forum has condemned Wednesday’s attack on the convoy of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, describing the act as callous and reprehensible. The Chairman of the forum and governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, made the condemnation in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has described late Sen. Ayo Fasanmi, a founding leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, as a true patriot as well as forthright servant of and interlocutor for the common man. Osinbajo, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the news of Fasanmi’s death was...

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has declared that “the other party” was provoking him but insisted that his party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will win the election by 75 per cent margin. He made the veil reference about the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Benin after the Peoples...

A former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law (NBA-SBL), Olumide Akpata, won the association’s national election which ended at 11 p.m on Thursday.The poll got underway at 11 p.m on Wednesday. Akpata, the only non-Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) among three candidates, had polled 9,851 votes...