archiveOctober 2021

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Ogun and Lagos chapters, on Wednesday in Sango-Ota, blocked the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway over its deplorable state after empty promises to fix it. The protesters carried placards with inscriptions: “we don’t want palliatives”, “we want good roads”, “Dapo Abiodun save our souls from bad...

An IT specialist, Mrs Tinuola Popoola, warned in Abuja on Wednesday that exciting as the recently-launched eNaira is, it could lead to new crime level if cyber security was not strengthened. eNaira is the Nigerian digital currency issued and regulated by the CBN. It was launched on Oct. 25 to...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday presided over a virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) anchored from the Presidential villa, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari is away in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the investment conference organised by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. The president will also perform the...

 African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced its partnership and support of 500,000 dollars to the African Technology Policy Studies (ATPS) network. The bank said in a statement issued on Wednesday that the partnership would address gaps in operational costs as well as funding for on-going activities over a three-year period...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, displayed before a Federal High Court Lagos, virtual projection of a Compact Disc (CD) with 51,933 pages analysis of the iPhone of Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley. The EFCC projected the virtual, through its second witness, Mr Augustine Anosike, a forensic...

  VP Osinbajo has inspired us, says African Devp. Bank Continental and international rally may have begun in support of Nigeria’s advocacy to halt plans to defund gas projects, just as the global community moves towards the 2050 net-zero emissions target under the United Nations Climate Change agenda. Nigeria has...

  Trading activities on the Nigerian stock market closed on a cautious note with the All-Share Index appreciating by 0.20 points. Specifically, the index rose by 0.20 points or 0.0005 per cent to close at 41,814.94 from 41,814.74 achieved on Monday. Accordingly, month-to-date and year-to-date returns were flat at 4.0...

  The Bigi carbonated soft drink brand, produced by Rite Foods, has again demonstrated its support for the growth of the Nigerian movie industry with the sponsorship of the Progressive Tailors Club movie premiere. It premiered at the Filmhouse Cinemas IMAX, Lekki Lagos, on October 24, 2021, and in attendance...

  The Senate on Tuesday queried the plan by the Federal Government to secure $200 million facility to procure mosquitoes nets against malaria fever for 13 out of the 36 states of the federation. Members of its Commitee on Health were piqued when the Permanent Secretary of federal Ministry of...

  The second prosecution witness, PW2, Augustine Anosike, a forensic expert with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the case of Afeez Adeshina Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, told Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how...