archiveNovember 2021

partners France to establish farmers' market in the state French govt to support state with €50m facility Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Friday, stated that his government has been doing everything possible to turn the state into a number one investment destination in Nigeria. He maintained that the state...

Nigerian lender, Unity Bank Plc, has handed out a total of N10 million in prize money as business grants to 30 NYSC members in the latest edition of its flagship Youth entrepreneurship and empowerment initiative, Corpreneurship Challenge held across ten states recently. The competition, already in its 7th edition, produced...

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has continued to fume over the invasion of the Abuja home of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili, by agents of the Federal Government last week. The President of the NBA, Olumide Akpata, at a special press briefing in Lagos on Friday, described the operation as...

  ) Nigeria has the economic potential to generate 427.3 million dollars (N188bn) from domestic value-addition to cassava, and earn additional 2.98 billion dollars (N1.2 trn) in export of the commodity annually. The Executive Director of Partnership Initiative for Niger Delta (PIND), Dara Akala, who made this known at the...

  The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has assured that the planned 5G network in Nigeria will not make the rates of call and data expensive. The regulator gave the assurance at a Stakeholder Engagement Forum on 5G Spectrum Auction on Thursday. Engr. Ubale Maska, Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, NCC noted...

MTN Nigeria Communications Plc says it has received Approval in Principle from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for a licence application for the MOMO Payment Bank Limited. This is contained in a notice signed by the Company Secretary, Uto Ukpanah posted on the website of the Nigerian Exchange, NGX,...

  ASP Wahab Kareem on Friday told an Ikeja Special Offences Court that Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James alias “Baba Ijesha” was facing another allegation of child defilement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Kareem, attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Yaba, Lagos, testified as the fifth...

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said its attention has been drawn to fake news trending on social media with the caption, “EFCC Crew poses for quick photograph with billionaire socialite and businessman Obi Cubana”. According to EFCC in a press statement on Friday, "the caption is as...

condoles affected families all his property, assets already publicly declared Vice President Yemi Osinbajo(SAN) has denied having any link with the 21-storey building that collapsed, on Monday, November 1, in Ikoyi, Lagos. Professor Osinbajo made the denial in statement by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media...

   A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, restrained the Federal Government from deducting monies accruing to the 36 states from federation account to settle 418 million dollars judgment debt in relation to Paris Club Refund.   Justice Inyang Ekwo, who gave the order while counsel to the plaintiffs, Jibrin Okutekpa,...