archiveJuly 2021

 The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has received commendation for its role in the fight against the COVID-19 in Africa. According to a statement issued by the bank on Friday in Cairo, Egypt, the commendation is by the Global Trade Review (GTR), as a leader in Trade for Pandemic Support. The statement...

  Olayomi Koiki, the spokesperson to Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, better known as Sunday Igboho, has raised an alarm that the Nigerian police should be held responsible if the Yoruba Nation rally turned violent in Lagos State. Koiki who said this in a Facebook broadcast early Friday morning, stressed...

Despite a police warning that no rally is allowed in the state on Saturday, the Umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Ilana Omo Oodua, has said that the pro-Yoruba Nation’s rally scheduled to hold in Lagos State on Saturday will go on as scheduled. The group, which is headed by...

With more businesses and organisations announcing strategies for hybrid work environments and students continuing to look at hybrid learning for the autumn, HP announced new commercial and consumer displays - the HP E24mv G4 Conferencing Monitor and the HP M27fd USB-C Monitor, both designed to address hybrid work and flexible...

Igbo separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, of setting up its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, to be arrested by the Federal Government of Nigerian. In a statement on Thursday, IPOB said its discrete investigations into circumstances surrounding the ‘abduction’ of Kanu showed...

All is set for the launch of “Ellevate”, a bespoke women empowerment proposition of the Ecobank Group. Ellevate is targeted at empowering women-owned, and women-focused businesses in Nigeria. Executive Director, Commercial Banking, Carol Oyedeji said the initiative which is scheduled for launch on July 7, 2021 in Lagos (Registration link...

Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) has announced that it has received the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approval for seven derivatives contracts. The approved contracts are: Access Bank Plc Stock Futures, Dangote Cement Plc Stock Futures, Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Stock Futures, MTN Nigeria Communications Plc Stock Futures, Zenith Bank Plc...

The Commissioner of Po­lice, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, has warned that no rally would be allowed under whatever guise in any part of the state. The police boss gave this warning during a press briefing on Thursday, following the news going the rounds that a group of people were planning...

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 74 new COVID-19 cases, as of July 1, with one death. The NCDC said on its website on Friday that the country’s active COVID-19 cases were still over 1,300. The Public Health agency said the additional positive coronavirus samples were recorded...

  The Department of State Services (DSS) has said it arrested 13 suspects when it raided the Ibadan residence of Mr Sunday Igboho.The Public Relations Officer of DSS, Dr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this at a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja. He said the operation was based on intelligence report...