archiveAugust 18, 2020

GSM operator, 9mobile, on Tuesday said it would create 90 millionaires among its customers during its N100 million Mega Promo to reward their loyalty during this pandemic. Layi Onafowokan, Acting Marketing Director of 9mobile, made the disclosure during the Mega Million Naira Promo Virtual Conference. Onafowokan said that 9mobile would...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari to refrain from hounding progressive voices over the insecurity pervading the country. President of Congress, Ayuba Wabba gave the advice while speaking on the killings and banditry ravaging the North East and Boko Haram in Abuja , alleged the...

The National Insurance Commision (NAICOM) on Tuesday released guidelines for the payment of Minimum Paid-up Share Capital by insurance and re-insurance companies in compliance with the first phase recapitalistion directive deadline of Dec. 31. Mr Pius Agboola, Director, Policy and Regulations, NAICOM, for the Commissioner of Insurance, said that the...

Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday came hard on the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Muhammed Adamu and the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joe Enwonwu over the escape of a serial killer, Sunday Shodipe from custody. The state House of Assembly said the incident was an embarrassment to...

Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) on Tuesday said that no fewer than 18 nurses and seven supporting staff have tested positive for COVID-19 pandemic at the hospital. The union said UITH is yet to have COVID-19 isolation centre, adding that management had converted one...

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has organised a three-day training workshop for Business Membership Organisations (BMOs), Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and Trade Associations, on ways of addressing challenges facing business environment in the country. Speaking at the event in Jos on Tuesday, Dr Dikko Radda, the...

Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, who is facing money laundering charges, has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to compel the anti-graft agency to pay him N5 million for what he termed his “unlawful re-arrest and detention.” Mompha who is standing trial for N32 billion fraud charges, was re-arrested last...

The European Union delegation in Nigeria has promised to support the country in tackling climate change in an effort to ensure environmental stability and achieve its objectives by the year 2030. Kathryn Mulvad Thomson, Team Leader and Head of Economic Development/Energy section, made this known in a video session on...

The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as the Winners Chapel, David Oyedepo, has told those insulting him that they are wasting their time. Oyedepo has come under criticism for warning the Federal Government on some provisions of the newly-signed Companies and Allied Matters Acts (CAMA)...

  Former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the Economic Community of West African States’ Special Envoy to the Republic of Mali, on Tuesday, met with the President  Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. At the meeting held behind closed doors, Jonathan told his successor that the country’s main opposition...