archiveAugust 29, 2020

The Minister of Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika says the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu is ready for resumption of flights. Sirika said this on Saturday in Enugu after the final round of inspection of rehabilitation works in the airport prior to the official reopening of the complex. The Federal Government...

The Minister of Transportation,  Rotimi Amaechi said the estimated time for completion of the Transportation University in Daura by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation  (CCECC) was September 2021. Amaechi made this disclosure when he visited the site in Daura to confirm commencement of work on the project on Saturday. ...

 The Board of Polaris Bank Limited and Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), the Bank’s shareholder, have announced the appointment of Mr Innocent Ike, as the Acting Managing Director/CEO of Polaris Bank Limited, effective Sept. 1. Mr Babatunde Osibodu, the Company Secretary, said in a statement on Saturday in Lagos,...

 Arsenal beat Liverpool 5-4 on penalties on Saturday to lift the Community Shield, the curtain-raiser for the English domestic season, after the two sides played out a 1-1 draw on a chilly afternoon at Wembley. Gunners captain and match goal-scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang blasted home the final penalty of the afternoon...

  A total turnover of 1.072 billion shares worth N7.384 billion in 16,684 deals were traded this week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in contrast to a total of 950.414 million shares valued at N10.123 billion that exchanged hands last week in 16,647 deals....

 Hollywood actor, Chadwick Boseman, who played King T’Challa in the 2018 American superhero movie, “Black Panther,” is dead, aged 43.He died in Los Angeles, California, on Friday evening after a four-year battle with colon cancer, his family said in a statement on his official Twitter handle. According to Wikipedia, Boseman’s...

Prof. Olayinka David-West of Information Systems/Academic Director, Lagos Business School, has urged banking institutions to embrace digital economy to address the increasing numbers of people visiting their branches daily. David-West gave the advice on Saturday at the first ever Virtual Graduates’ Induction and Prize Awards Day organised by the Chartered...

.commends partners on  human capacity devt in health sector   The Oyo State government, on Friday, received medical equipment comprising 60 antenatal and postnatal treatment equipment as donations from the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), Oyo State branch and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom. A statement by...

The Lagos State Government has fixed the reopening of tertiary institutions in the state for September 14, 2020. The State government also fixed September 21, 2020 as the tentative reopening date for primary and secondary schools in the state. The State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced the decision at a news...

  The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has inducted a total of 582 new members as certified chartered practitioners in the field of taxation. Mrs Gladys Simplice, President of CITN, said at the 42nd virtual induction ceremony of the institute in Lagos that the exercise was a mechanism...