archiveJuly 2020

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, declared on Monday that the National Directorate of Employment will be fully in charge of the exercise designed to recruit 774,000 youths across Nigeria as part of the Federal Government COVID-19 palliative measures. He, however, said that the NDE and the Ministry Labour and...

The Federal Government has approved 60 percent debt forgiveness for all debtor broadcast stations in the country to cushion the effects of COVID-19 on the industry. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this on Monday in Abuja at a media briefing on the government’s efforts to...

Security agents have arrested Ibrahim Mr Magu, the acting chairman of the anti-graft agency, EFCC. Magu was arrested at the Wuse II office of the EFCC in Abuja Monday afternoon. His convoy was stopped by armed security agents and he was taken away after about 30 minutes of arguments between...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday, redeemed its pledge of N60 million to the Capital Market Support Committee for COVID-19 (CMSCC) with the donation of ambulance and Twenty Million, Seven Hundred Thousand N20,700,000 cash to the committee. The CMSCC is a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) led initiative set...

The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, on Monday said consultations were on for another phase of repair works to begin on the Third Mainland Bridge on July 24. Popoola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the consultations were towards evolving a perfect traffic management...

Fidelity Bank Plc. on Sunday announced the appointment of Mr Mustafa Chike-Obi as the Chairman of the bank. Chike-Obi, who is currently Executive Vice Chairman at Alpha African Advisory, has over 40 years of experience in investment banking and the financial services sector. In a statement in Lagos, Fidelity Bank...

Mr Efe Igbinova, a digital marketing consultant, has advocated the regulation of e-commerce by the government and other relevant stakeholders in order to reduce cybercrimes. Igbinova, who is the Managing Director, Harissa Communications Nig. Ltd, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Benin, said...

The absence of an Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, on Monday, stalled hearing in an alleged N6.9billion fraud and money laundering suit filed against Ayodele Fatose in a Federal High Court in Lagos. Fayose was first arraigned on Oct. 22. 2018, before Justice Mojisola Olatotegun, alongside his company,...

More than 75 Environmental Civil Society Organisations from Nigeria, Africa and other countries have condemned moves to open way for release of genetically modified mosquitoes to control malaria infection. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that at a virtual meeting of the West African Integrated Vector Management Programme, on...

A drone technology expert, Mr Chichebe Akachukwu, says drone technology can be used to conduct incidence mapping of COVID-19 affected communities and monitor enforcement of controls. Akachukwu, also Acting Director, Advanced Unmanned Aeriel Vehicles Laboratory (AUAVL), stated this on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...