archiveNovember 2021

E-Settlement (E-SL), Nigeria's pioneering fintech group, has signed an agreement to acquire QuickCash, an Ivorian electronic payment and money transfer company promoting financial inclusion of rural populations and those operating in the informal sectors of Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Togo and more. QuickCash, a leading provider of financial, agricultural,...

Dinesh Rathi, Chief Executive Officer, Lagos Free Zone; Lamido Yuguda, Director General, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Temi Popoola, CFA, Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Exchange Limited during a courtesy visit to Lagos Free Zone on Friday, 29 October 2021.  ...

 With 74 new cases recorded on Sunday, Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections have risen to 211,961.The 74 new cases reported on Sunday indicated a decrease of 14 from the 89 cases reported nationwide on Saturday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Monday that the 74 new infections were recorded...

As November 6 election in Anambra is drawing near, a survey conducted by CLEEN Foundation has revealed that 58 per cent of eligible voters in the state believe the election will be peaceful. “As regards expectation of peaceful outcome of the election, survey result of the general public…reveals that more...

Human rights activist, Joe Okei-Odumakin, has given birth to a set of twins, six months after the death of her husband, Yinka Odumakin, former national publicity secretary of Afenifere. Okei-Odumakin announced this on Sunday in a statement posted on her social media handles. She had the twins – a boy...

Without restructuring, the future of Nigeria as a nation is not only bleak, but heading for disintegration, according to the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) in a statement on Sunday on the state of the nation. The leader of the council in Ondo State, Elder Anthony Meraiyebu, who stated this...

A former Ekiti governor, Chief Segun Oni, says the successful conduct of PDP elective National Convention is an indication that the party is back, stronger and ready to salvage Nigeria. Oni said this in a statement he issued on Sunday in Abuja. He described the emergence of PDP new National...

MD/CE, Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), Mr Bello Hassan (middle) receiving his Certificate of Honorary Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) from the President and Chairman of Council, Dr Bayo Olugbemi, FCIB (left) while Special Guest of Honour and former Minister of National Planning, Dr Shamsudeen...

*VP attends PFN Thanksgiving in Jos, back in Abuja commends unity of Kuje community as people of different faiths celebrate church anniversary *Osinbajo is an uncommon man, always collaborating with the masses - President, Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria Despite the challenges the country is currently facing, Nigerians should not...

The fourth World Laureates Forum kicked off on Monday, in the Chinese city of Shanghai, gathering more than 130 decorated scientists, including 68 Nobel Prize winners, to attend the three-day forum. Focusing on the theme, “Open science: build an open innovation ecosystem,’’ this year’s forum will host nearly 100 conferences...