archiveMarch 2021

The Central Bank of Nigeria’s Naira4Dollar scheme may have attracted about $40 million in foreign remittances in one week, according to a reliable source with knowledge of the scheme. According to Voice of Nigeria (VON) sources the scheme had performed a lot more than expected as remittances via commercial banks...

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency has not received any official report of serious adverse effects from the  215, 277, people who have received the first doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccines. The NPHCDA Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed on the agency’s official Twitter handle. “As you are...

 Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, announced on Tuesday night that the government will re-open additional economic activities under lockdown from 31 March.Speaking on national television, the Prime Minister said that the government had implemented several measures to contain the virus in the island under lockdown since 10 March. “The health...

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the extension of the deadline for National Identity Number registration by two months effective from Tuesday, March 23. Justice Maureen Onyetenu granted the extension while delivering a ruling in a fundamental right suit filed by legal practitioner, Monday Ubani, against the...

The leader of the Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof. Banji Akintoye, replied Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who had earlier warned that the Yoruba who want self-determination should steer clear of Ondo State. In his response to Akeredolu, the Ilana Omo Oodua, the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination groups within and...

  The Director-General Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Dr Muda Yusuf has carpeted what he called the divergent views on foreign exchange (forex) policy and thereby urged the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to give more attention in its deliberations to the forex policy because of its implications for...

Heritage Bank Plc has joined the rest of the globe to celebrate the World Water Day 2021 with plans to assist a community in dire need of clean water by installing a bore hole. The theme for this year’s WWD 2021 is “Valuing Water,” which focuses on the importance of...

The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has dismissed claims by critics that he stage-managed the attack on him by gunmen while inspecting his farm in Tyomu community along Makurdi-Gboko highway. It would be recalled that Ortom’s convoy was reportedly attacked in the morning of Saturday, March 20, by gunmen...

  The Senate has commenced moves to unbundle the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) with the consideration of a bill to repeal and re-enact the Nigerian Postal Service Act 2004. The bill which scaled second reading on Tuesday was sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central). Leading the debate on...

Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Olasunkanmi Olaleye has said that Tuesday's protests embarked upon by students of some state-owned tertiary institutions was needless. The commissioner, who spoke on the issues raised by the students said that the state government had addressed accreditation issues affecting the institutions....