archiveJanuary 2021

  Millions of users of the messaging platform, WhatsApp across the globe, including Nigerians, have started exiting the platform following a new privacy policy recently announced, though to take effect from on February 8. This privacy policy, which many users of the Facebook-owned WhatsApp consider offensive, has triggered a mass...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has announced the inauguration of its claims review panel in preparation for its demutualisation. According to a statement by the exchange, the panel serves as an independent alternative dispute resolution mechanism for the review and determination of claims made by individuals or entities in...

English Premier League champions Liverpool will face Manchester United in a blockbuster FA Cup tie after the draw for the fourth round was made on Monday. The two teams will face off at Old Trafford on the weekend of Jan. 23. Holders Arsenal will go to Southampton, if they win their third-round match...

...says 'you are unpatriotic noisemakers' The Oyo PDP-Visionaries, a group within the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has described the attack on Governor Seyi Makinde by some elements in the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the insecurity situation in the state...

VP interacts with stakeholders, reviews impact of 2020 MSMEs clinics Says small businesses are engines of growth of any economy Highlights impact of FG’s MSMEs Survival Fund scheme nationwide In partnership with the private sector, the Federal Government would continue to support innovation and interventions to boost the growth of...

The money laundering trial of a former minister of justice and attorney general of the federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke could not go on today owing to his absence in court. Counsel to the defendant, Kanu Agabi informed Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja that his client could...

    The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today January 11, 2021 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Mala Mallam Yawudi to three and a half years in prison before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the State High Court Maiduguri for forgery and stealing...

 The Edo government says it has recorded 82 new COVID-19 cases and three deaths from the disease in the last 72 hours. The state’s COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr Andrew Obi, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Monday in Benin. He said that in the last seven days, 1,200...

  A director, Dr Khalid Ibrahim Ndaman of Kwara Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ilorin, was found dead in his office. It was gathered the deceased was a director of the veterinary in the ministry. It was also gathered the late director was well and sound. A staff of...

  Authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife on Monday hinted that the Senate of the institution would meet on January 19 to decide when its students would resume. This is sequel to the directive of the National University Commission (NUC) that all universities should reopen on January 18....