archiveDecember 2021

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that Nigeria’s total foreign trade rose to N13.3 trillion in the third quarter of the year. This was disclosed on Monday by the Statistician-General of the Federation, Simon Harry, during a press briefing on the Q3 Foreign Trade Report held in Abuja....

President Muhammadu Buhari will be in Lagos State to inaugurate some projects on Thursday. SaharaReporters saie it exclusively learnt that the President will be leaving Abuja this week on an official visit to Lagos. According to the medium, moves were already underway to provide heavy security in some parts of...

At least 186, 406 persons have signed a petition on the change.org platform, demanding answers as to the cause of death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lagos whose death was allegedly caused by tortures suffered from bullies. Signatories to the petition have also called for swift...

  The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Akinwumi Adesina, on Monday, accused Western countries of unfairness and discrimination. This was in the wake of the travel ban on some African countries in the wake of the discovery of the Omicron COVID-19 variant According to the former Minister...

The Federal Government is prepared to vaccinate 70 per cent of the Nigerian population before the end of 2022. The Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, gave the assurance in Abuja on Monday. Mustapha, also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), spoke...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed Feb. 21, 2022, for judgment in a suit seeking to challenge former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s eligibility to vie for the office of the president.   Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after taking arguments from counsel to the parties in the suit....

  A former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Kingsley Moghalu, has called on African countries including Nigeria and South Africa to issue reciprocal travel restrictions on the United Kingdom, and other Western nations that have placed Nigeria on red list due to the Omicron COVID-19...

Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African banking group, announces that Jubril Mobolaji Lawal has been appointed as Regional Executive and Managing Director designate of Ecobank Nigeria, subject to the approval of the Central Bank of Nigeria. According to a press statement signed by Adenike Laoye Group Head, Corporate Communications and Chief...

  The Federal Government has called on the British Authority to immediately rescind its ban on foreign travels from Nigeria over the discovery of cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed made the call in Abuja on Monday at...

  The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of eTranzact International Plc, Mr Olaniyi Toluwalope, has said that leveraging technology could help close the investment gap in the capital market. Toluwalope said this at the Capital Market Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CAMCAN) 2021 annual workshop with the theme: "Technology as a tool...