archiveMarch 2021

 The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan announced on Tuesday that a Japanese woman in her 60s died several days after being administered a dose of the Pfizer vaccine.The woman, said to have no underlying conditions or allergies received the shot on Feb.26. She died on March 1,...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the National Assembly would support the Independent National Electoral Commission in its bid to provide a secure and safe voting environment, with the ultimate aim of fostering democracy by ensuring electoral integrity and transparency in the conduct of elections. Lawan made...

There continues to be growing interest in the mutual funds asset class evidenced by the increasing number of registered mutual funds with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since 2019. This was highlighted at The Nigerian Stock Exchange’s (The NSE) digital Closing Gong Ceremony to commemorate the election of Mrs....

Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie (nee Odigwe), the mother of renowned writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is dead. She was 78. She died on Monday, March 1 2021 in Awka, Anambra State. A family spokesperson said: “It was very sudden and we are devastated.” Her husband, a renowned Professor of Statistics, James...

  An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday ordered a 40-year-old driver, Sani Abubakar, to pay N220 million as compensation for causing the death of three family members.Abubakar, who lives at Kurna Quarters Kano, was convicted on a count charge of causing death by dangerous driving. The Presiding...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has projected an increase within the range of one per cent in the Nigerian headline inflation index for February, 2021. The LCCI made this known in a report titled: “Spiraling Inflation: Cost Implications for Businesses and the Economy” conducted by Dr Mathew...

  A group of foremost Lagos indigenes, Ọmọ Eko Pataki, has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to redirect the state government’s policies in widening its agricultural investments, saying the recent action of the Amalgamated Food Stuff and Cattle Dealers (AFSCAD) which halted the convoy of trailers from bringing foodstuffs and...

Connected Development (CODE), a non-governmental organisation, has called on stakeholders to ensure transparency and accountability in managing funds for COVID-19 pandemic. The organisation notes that accountability would enable government to mobilise funds to support them and fight the pandemic further. Dr Onyekachi Onuoha, Project Manager of CODE, said this when...

  Nestlé Nigeria Plc has reported N287.08 billion revenue for the 2020 financial year.The company’s audited result released on the Nigerian Stock Exchange showed that the revenue was higher by 1.1 per cent in contrast with N284.04 billion recorded in 2019 comparative period. Gross profit for the year stood at...

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has asked Governor Bello Matawalle to expose those behind the abduction of the students of Government Girls Secondary School Jangebe in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of the state. In a statement issued by the ACF National Chairman, Chief Audu Ogbe on Tuesday, he said...