archiveNovember 2021

VP says collaboration key to success, highlights digital & creative sectors as future drivers of economy 20,000 paid Jubilee Fellowships for graduates start January AfDB $600million Digital & Creativity funding also expected next year As the Federal Government continues building a more resilient and competitive economy, the private sector's strong...

The NGX All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 0.25 per cent and 0.24 per cent respectively to close the week at 43,308.29 and N22.598 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX 30, NGX CG, NGX Banking, NGX Pension, NGX-AFR Bank Value, NGX MERI...

The Federal Government has lifted the ban it placed on Emirates Airline from flying into Nigeria without conditions. The Minister of Aviation , Sen. Hadi Sirika, disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja in a statement by Mr James Odaudu, Director Public Affairs in the Ministry of Aviation. The News Agency...

The National President of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Ide John Udeagbala, has called on world leaders to build a global reserve of funds that would be utilised in boosting businesses and helping members of Chambers of Commerce across the globe in the...

  To tackle the problem of growing youth unemployment in Nigeria, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday formally launched the Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES) in Abuja. The apex bank also presented cheques of N5 million each to six pioneer beneficiaries of the scheme to help boost their...

  The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, on Friday, affirmed the forfeiture of a $40 million worth of jewellery belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the Federal Government. Justice I.N. Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, had, on Tuesday, September 10,...

  A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja Nigeria’s Capital has declared the activities of groups linked to acts of banditry and kidnapping as act of terrorism. Justice Taiwo Taiwo in a motion ex-parte argued by the Assistant Director, Public Prosecution from the Ministry of Justice, Aminu Kayode Alilu, specifically...

  Mouka, Nigeria’s leading brand of mattresses, pillows and other bedding products, has continued to blaze the trail in Nigeria’s bedding industry. This is in addition to dominating the media space with its new thematic campaign, “Get The Mouka For You”, featuring A list Nollywood Superstar Sola Sobowale and viral...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, November 26, 2021, arraigned one Stanley Okoye and Larbrador Shipping Services Limited before Justice O.A. Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for an alleged $111,500,000 fraud. The defendants were arraigned on a 12-count charge bordering on possession...

  as governor receives South-West Zonal Conference of DSS Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, said on Friday that his administration will continue to support security agencies operating in the state to deliver on their mandates. Makinde, who stated this at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, while receiving State Directors of...