archiveNovember 8, 2021

Google has announced the 34 funding recipients of the Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls to strengthen the well-being of communities recovering from COVID-19. The President, Google.org, Jacquelline Fuller, in a statement in Lagos on Monday said that women were nearly twice as likely to lose their jobs globally during COVID-19...

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Federal Government to increase support to Small and Meduim Enterprises (SMEs) due to their importance to economic growth and development. The LCCI Chairman, Trade Promotion Board, Mr Gabriel Idahosa, made the call in an interview with the News Agency...

  *We insist UN, EU, others support impositions of sanctions, says Osinbajo in Accra An ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit of the Authority of Heads of State and Government held yesterday in Accra, Ghana to review the political situations in Guinea and Mali, has decided to maintain the sanctions imposed on Guinea...

  Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja, today, November 8, 2021 convicted former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) Abdulrasheed Maina on charges of money laundering brought against by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and sentenced him to eight years imprisonment. The Judge...

Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reformed Task Team has been found guilty of money laundering. Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court gavethe judgement in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The court held that the prosecutor, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has produced essential evidence...

The Federal Government through the Ministry of Education has mandated the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to conduct National Identification Number (NIN) registration for candidates registering for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). This was disclosed in a memorandum to zonal coordinators, titled, ‘Registration Of Candidates For WASSCE...

  The new Speaker of the Imo House of Assembly, Mr Kennedy Ibeh, (APC Obowo), has urged members of the house to give their unalloyed support to the Gov. Hope Uzodimma. Ibeh, who made the call while briefing journalists at the Deputy Speaker’s lodge on Monday, urged lawmakers to put...

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said its remittance of operational surpluses to the Federal Government was in line with its mandate of fulfilling its constitutional obligations to the country. The Board says it plans to continue the practice of returning all unutilised funds to the public treasury...

The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu emerged as the winner of the 2020 Zik Prize in Good Governance during the 2021 Zik Leadership Award ceremony, held in Lagos, on Sunday. Sanwo-Olu announced this via his verified Facebook page on Monday, adding that he accepted the award “with a greater...

  FBNQuest, the investment banking and asset management subsidiary of FBN Holdings Plc, has concluded plans to host a session themed ‘Mobilizing Onshore and Offshore Capital for Strategic Infrastructure Projects in Nigeria’ scheduled to hold by 12:00pm, on Friday, 12 November 2021. The webinar will be hosted as part of...