archiveNovember 2021

The National Communications Commission (NCC), on Monday, said its projected revenue for the 2022 fiscal year was around N632billion. It insisted that the proposed deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in the telecommunications sector would have no effect on the safety and health of Nigerians. The Executive Vice Chairman...

An independent election observer, Yiaga Africa through its Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) methodology, has validated the results of the 20 Local Governments so far released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Anambra governorship election. In its preliminary report released on Monday in Abuja, it said for 18...

as GMD wins 2020 Zik Leadership Award GMD/CEO of NNPC Ltd, Mallam Mele Kyari has been commended for transforming the fortunes of the NNPC from a position of loss-making into a profit- making venture. The Public Policy Research & Analysis Centre (PPRAC) gave this commendation while conferring its "2020 Zik Prize...

 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has stressed the need for standardisation of the country’s commodities to enhance global acceptance and boost the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Director-General of SEC, Mr Lamido Yuguda, said this at the Commodities Standards Sensitisation workshop organised by the commission in partnership with the Standards...

  The general public has been adviced not to engage in panic buying of Premium Motor Spirit, more commonly known as petrol. According to a press statement by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Garba Deen Muhammad NNPC has over 1.7 billion litres of petrol in stock...

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...