archiveDecember 2021

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has announced a trading surplus of ₦141.96 billion recorded in June 2021, compared to a deficit of ₦37.46 billion in May 2021. A statement by Garba Muhammad, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, on Sunday stated that this was contained in...

The Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture says it generated over N1 billion internal revenue in 2021 in spite the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic. The state Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, disclosed this at the 2021 Lagos Food Fest held on Sunday at Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island, Lagos. The...

  Remains of the late Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, the Soun of Ogbomosoland, were interred on Sunday in the palace, according to Islamic rites.Alhaji Tholiat Ayilara, the Chief Imam of Ogbomoso, who led other Muslim clerics, conducted the prayer at about 4.30 p.m. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

Ecobank Nigeria has unveiled a state-of-the-art branch and digital experience centre strategically located at the heart of the highbrow Admiralty Way in Lekki area of Lagos. Officially opening the branch to the public, Managing Director/Regional Executive, Patrick Akinwuntan said it is part of the bank’s digital transformation drive to provide...

  The Federal Government is to ban flights from the United Kingdom, Canada, Argentina and Saudi Arabia in retaliation against their decisions to have included Nigeria in red list countries. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, disclosed this in a leaked audio, where he revealed that the ban on the three...

  CITN seeks collaboration with CBN, FIRSon implementation of eNaira Roadma   The Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) has called for a synergy with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and State Inland Revenue Service (SIRS) on implementation of the eNaira financial system...

  The Police Command in Osun has arrested one Ibrahim Abdulazeez, 30, who allegedly purchased a Toyota Camry 2010 model for N2,650 from a car dealer in Osogbo, Osun State. The Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, while parading some suspects at the police headquarters in Osogbo on Friday, said the...

  Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has vowed to stop cultism and bullying in public and private schools across the state. He spoke in reaction to the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College, who was allegedly bullied to death by senior students. Sanwo-Olu, who commissioned the newly...

The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Lagos State Chapter, says it will be supporting people living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in Nigeria. The Chairman of the NIPR, Lagos State chapter, Mrs Comfort Nwankwo, made the disclosure at a media briefing to herald its 6th edition of Lagos Public...

The $3 million Extractive Industry and Climate Change Governance Fund aims to help steer the natural resources sector in West Africa toward sustainable and inclusive development Today, the Ford Foundation announced its commitment of $3 million to launch the Extractive Industry and Climate Change Governance Fund, a five-year initiative to...