archiveOctober 2023

The presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Supreme Court of legalising illegality, forgery and identity theft. Abubakar said this in at a press conference on Monday, October 30, in Abuja. He spoke for the first time after the...

  Three companies, out of 81 companies that contested at the Nigerian Communication Commission’s inspired technology innovation talent hunt competition, shared the N30 million prize money equally. Nine other shortlisted companies went home with N500,000 consolation prizes each. Solaris GreenTech Hub, Knownow Africa Limited and Specxs Care Limited, came bright...

  scoops 'Best MSME Bank Of The Year' prize also Polaris Bank shone brightest over the weekend as its bespoke home-grown digital bank, VULTe won for the third time, Nigeria's 'Best Digital Bank of the Year' prize at the prestigious BusinessDAY’s Banks And Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards. Polaris Bank...

  The contractor handling the Ibadan-Iwo-Osogbo road, Peculiar Ultimate Concerns Limited, has assured the people of Oyo State, especially users of the road, that all hands are on deck to finish the reconstruction of Olodo bridge on schedule. The company’s Executive Director, Engr Abel Adeleke, stated this at the weekend...

The Isale Eko Descendants’ Union has extended warm congratulations to the esteemed Lagos community and beyond on the occasion of the 80th birthday of His Royal Majesty, Oba Rilwan Babatunde Osuolale Aremu Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos. In a press statement signed by its Chairman, Adeniji Kazeem, SAN, the IDU...

All is set for the WorldStage Economic Summit (WES) 2023  on Thursday, November 16, 2023 at the Event Centre, Nigerian Exchange Limited, 2/4 Customs Street, Lagos as top infotec experts confirmed participation to address a special breakout session of the summit tagged Startups on WorldStage  with the Theme: ‘The Game...

  moves to establish 1000 conversion workshops across Nigeria says initiative to provide over 50, 000 jobs, lower transportation cost   To promote Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as an alternative to Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, the Federal Government of Nigeria has unveiled plans to have one...

to tackle technology, environmental sciences knowledge deficit The Senate has approved the establishment of the  Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences in Iyin-Ekiti, Ekiti State with a mission to address knowledge deficit in the fields of technology and environmental sciences. The red chamber gave its approval after a bill...

  The Minister of Works, David Umahi, on Saturday said the comprehensive rehabilitation of the 11.8 kilometer Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State would begin on November 1 for a period of three months. He said this during an inspection of the under deck, lagoon sections of the Third Mainland...

In recognition of Fidelity Bank Plc’s commitment to fostering bilateral trade and economic development between the city of Houston, Texas and Nigeria, the City of Houston has designated October 25 as “Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect Day”. Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston officially declared the special day in a...