archiveJanuary 7, 2021

  Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has asked the Federal Government to collaborate with the state government in the rebuilding of infrastructure destroyed following last year’s #EndSARS protest that was hijacked by hoodlums. Governor Sanwo-Olu said the goal of ensuring Lagos State becomes Nigeria’s investment hub can only be...

  Ecobank Nigeria has launched a radio programme – “Ecobank Business Hour” targeted at empowering small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country. Emeka Agada, Head, SME, Ecobank Nigeria, says the programme which is being syndicated across 10 radio stations in Nigeria is one of the several initiatives the bank...

  The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says there is consistent growth in capability of the power sector under the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah, said this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Mbah said that TCN successfully transmitted an all-time peak of 5,552.80 Megawatts...

The Police Command  in Katsina says it has arrested no fewer than 287 suspected rapists in 2020. Police Spokesman Gambo Isah announced this in Katsina at a Women Summit entitled: “Way Out to Rising Rape Cases in Katsina State”. The summit was organised by the Ministry for Local Government and...

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday fixed January 9 for ruling on the alleged certificate forgery suit involving the Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki. The All Progressives Congress (APC) had dragged the governor to court after it accused him of forging his certificate ahead of last year’s governorship election...

  President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, in Abuja, reiterated his commitment to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty. He charged the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities to play its roles in the realization. Buhari gave the charge when he received members of the newly-established body at the State...

  Aella App, Nigeria’s leading single point financial service and payment solutions organization, is working with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) to empower underbanked individuals to have quicker access to credit and other financial services using Amazon Rekognition for identity verification. Amazon Rekognition is a fully managed computer vision services...

  German Chancellor Merkel angry over Capitol invasion, blames Trump German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday she was “furious and saddened” by the storming of the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump and said the president shared blame for the unrest. “I deeply regret that President Trump has not...

  The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has said Nigeria is now a wasteland where people commit sins to seek forgiveness abroad. In his sermon titled “A Nation in Search of Its Soul” at the wake for Archbishop Peter Yariyock Jatau at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cathedral, Kaduna, Kukah...

Four people died and 52 were arrested after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory, Washington D.C.’s Police Chief said. In a late-night news conference, Metropolitan Police Department, Chief Robert J. Contee, said 47 of the...