archiveJuly 2020

OPay Nigeria on Thursday said it was putting on hold three of its operations units – ride-hailing services, ORide and OCar, and logistics service OExpress. The payment company said harsh business conditions in the country, the ban on the operations of the commercial motorcycles, and the lockdown induced by COVID-19...

The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to investigate the alleged secret account being kept by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) with a balance said to be over $1 billion. The move followed the unanimous adoption of a motion of urgent public importance moved by Mr Kolawole Lawal at the...

The legal icon, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba has denied the report that he is one of the parties the newly formed political group "New Pan Nigerian Consultative Political Front" The denial was contained in a press statement on Thursday by Mr. Niyi Odunmorayo, the Media Assistant to Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN)....

The Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Wahab Adegbenro, has died of COVID- 19. Adegbenro was said to have died at the state infectious disease hospital in Akure. The death of the commissioner was confirmed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Segun Ajiboye, in a telephone interview....

A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed July 10 to hear a suit challenging the legality of the conviction of popular actress, Funke Akindele, her husband, Abdu-rasheed Bello, and 236 others. A Lagos-based Lawyer, Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje had gone to court seeking a declaration that the law upon which...

Dubai Police Thursday said it has extradited Nigerian fraudster Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi, to the United States. Extradited along with him was Olalekan Jacob Ponle popularly known as Woodbery. Both men were arrested by Dubai police last month for defrauding over 1.9 million, majority of them, reports say,...

The Board of Governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed former President of Ireland, Mrs. Mary Robinson, as the Chairperson of a High-level Panel of Independent Experts to review the Report of the Ethics Committee of the Boards of Directors on whistle blowers’ allegations against AfDB President, Dr....

The BBC on Thursday announced its plans to cut 450 jobs in its quest to reduce costs and restructure local reporting services in England. Britain’s main journalists’ trade union warned that the cuts would have serious impact on the national broadcaster’s local news coverage. The broadcaster said its BBC England...

The Italian National Statistics Office, Istat, on Thursday showed more than half a million jobs had been lost in Italy since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. According to Istat, in May, the number of people in employment fell to 22.8 million, the lowest figure in nearly four years and...

The Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has constituted a 49-member National Campaign Council led by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state for the Sept. 19, governorship poll in Edo. This was contained in a statement in Abuja on Thursday by APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini...