archiveDecember 2022

  John Kerry, Rockefeller Foundation praise Osinbajo’s leadership on energy transition, & how he highlights Nigeria always Nigeria, 4 other African countries ready to activate carbon plans Participating in the carbon market would not only offer Nigeria and Africa the opportunity for growth, industrialization and job creation for its teeming...

Former Minister of Education, Dr Obiageli Ezekwesili, says there is no way she will leave the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and vote for the other top two candidates in the 2023 presidential race. She said the top three candidates can easily be rated with publicly available...

World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that while Africa is witnessing its lowest level of new COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic, deaths rose by 14 per cent in the week ending November, 27. It said that the continent recorded the four-week long rise until November, 20 when...

  The Labour Party has promised to make an upward review and implement current minimum wage which currently stand at N30,000 to N80,000 or N100,000 if the party is elected into power next year. The promise came just few days after its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, released his manifesto proposing...

      The Atlas Lions of Morocco continued their fairy tale run in the 2022 World Cup on Saturday as they beat Portugal 1-0 to qualify for the semi-final stage of the on-going 2022 World Cup after a thrilling encounter at the Al Thumama Stadium. Youssef En-Yesri’s towering header...

The Nigerian Exchange Limited’s (NGX) All-Share Index and Market Capitalization appreciated by 1.51 per cent to close the week at 48,881.93 and N26.625 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices finished higher with the exception of NGX CG, NGX Premium, NGX Banking, NGX Pension, NGX AFR Bank Value, NGX AFR Div...

  Wike, Sanwo-Olu too as Oyo Gov hails varsity, extols Ajayi Crowther’s virtues   Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde and  his Rivers and Lagos states counterparts, Nyesom Wike and Babajide Sanwolu, were on Friday, conferred with honorary doctorate degrees by the Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo. The trio were awarded the...

To achieve a safer cyber ecosystem, organizations must embrace synergy, information sharing and full disclosures of attacks. This was the consensus opinion of stakeholders and industry experts at the annual Information Security Society of Africa – Nigeria (ISSAN) Cybersecurity Conference in Lagos. President of FinTech Association of Nigeria (FinTechNGR), Ade...

Tournament favourites Brazil were knocked out of the World Cup on penalties as Croatia kept their nerve to edge through to the semi-finals. Croatia, beaten finalists four years ago, scored with all four of their spot-kicks as Rodrygo – taking his team’s first kick – was denied by the brilliant...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday offered explanation to Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions on need for the cashless policy, limiting cash withdrawal for individuals at N100,000 and Corporate Bodies N500,000 per week. The policy, as explained by Deputy Governor of CBN on Financial...