archiveSeptember 2022

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food for Progress programme has entered into a cooperative agreement with the Lutheran World Relief to strengthen the cocoa value chain in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the U.S. consulate in a statement where it was revealed that the project was worth approximately $22...

The Vice-Chancellor, Salem University Lokoja, Kogi state, Prof. Alewo Johnson Akubo, has said the court injunction compelling the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume lecture was a time-bomb. He said this on Friday while speaking with newsmen in the institution’s premises in Lokoja. Akubo, who urged the Federal...

Canadian movie actor, Ryan Grantham, has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to killing his mother, Barbara Waite, in 2020. The 24-year-old, who played Jeffery Augustine in the teen drama Riverdale, was sentenced at British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver, Canada on Wednesday, September 23. According to...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has described the United States as Nigeria’s main trading partner and one of ‘‘our most important diplomatic partners,’’ underscoring the need for concerted efforts to increase the volume of bilateral trade. The President spoke at a meeting with the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) at...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Thursday warned against reported moves by the Federal Government to withdraw the registration license of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), over non-submission of its audited financial returns for over five year. While dismissing the claims that ASUU had not submitted its audited...

  A sub-Sahara regional shipping line, Sealink floated by a consortium, would commence operations before the end of this year or in the first quarter of 2023, Mr Tayo Omioji, Head, Strategy and Communication, Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), has disclosed. He made this revelation at the just concluded Finance Correspondents...

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has confirmed his readiness to keynote the 2022 conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos. His confirmation was conveyed via a letter dated September 19, 2022 and...

The award-winning Fearless drink brand from the stable of Rite Foods Limited, a Truly World-Class company and market leader in Nigeria's foods and beverages industry, has sponsored the Brotherhood blockbuster movie for the movie lovers in the country. The Brotherhood blockbuster which is based on twin brothers being on opposite...

The Nigerian electricity supply industry recorded 31 deaths and nine injuries in the fourth quarter of 2021, says Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). The accidents were said to involve both employees of the companies and third parties. This is contained in the NERC Fourth Quarter Report 2021, released late on...

To boost funding for Nigerian creative industry, the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), and the French Development Agency (FDA) have announced plans to invest $618 million dollars in the Digital and Creative Enterprises Programme (I-DICE) in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the president of the AfDB, Dr...