archiveNovember 2021

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Wednesday, November 17, 2021, pledged to partner with the Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna in the areas of training and cyber security. He made the pledged when a delegation of the Institute led by the...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan arrived in Kano Wednesday morning to attend the burial of Alhaji Sani Dangote who died on Sunday. Lawan is being accompanied on the trip from Abuja by Senator Sani Musa, Senator Bello Mandiya, Senator Tokunbo Abiru and Alhaji Auwal Lawan(Sarkin Sudan Gombe). Sani...

*condoles with Dangote, Dantata families The late Alhaji Sani Dangote, the younger brother to Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, was not only a brother and friend but also a collaborator in some of the decisions taken by the Buhari administration, especially in the agricultural sector, according to Vice President...

  Dr A.B.C Orjiako has informed Seplat Energy Plc of his decision to step down as Chairman and from the company board of directors.This was revealed in a statement by Seplat Energy, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. According to the statement, Orjiako...

Ardova Plc has announced the successful completion of a N25.3 billion Series 1 (Tranche A and Tranche B) Fixed Rate Senior Unsecured Bond Issue (“the “Bond Issue”) under its N60 billion Debt Issuance Programme. The Bond Issue is the largest local currency bond issuance by an indigenous oil and gas...

Several persons have been feared dead and five others rescued when a building under construction collapsed in the Badagry area of Lagos State on Wednesday. “The victims which are mainly construction workers are however rescued with varying degrees of injury but in stable condition and been taken to nearby hospitals...

In recognition of the role Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) play in catalyzing economic growth through public markets Nigeria and Africa, Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) hosted a webinar with the theme SPACs: An Alternative Route to Public Markets on Wednesday, 17 November 2021. Speaking at the webinar, the Divisional Head,...

  The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has signed a $US1.04 billion facility with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to finance the exploration of petroleum.The agreement was concluded on Tuesday in Durban during the second Intra-Africa Trade Fair (IATF2021), which opened on Nov.15  and runs until Nov. 21, 2021, a...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has condemned the appointment of Babajide Akeredolu, the biological son of Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, as the Director-General of Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit (PPMIU) of the state government. The opposition party described the appointment as a flagrant abuse...

  The Nigerian military has reacted to reports of an alleged indictment of the armed forces by the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on police brutality and shootings at Lekki Tollgate during the #EndSARS protests, in its recently submitted final report. The military in its reaction faulted the procedure...