The Senate, after a two-hour session today Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at plenary confirmed the appointment of Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Commission. Details later…
Examining Governor Sanwo-Olu’s 600 Days of Making Lagos Greater
It is about 600 days that Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu took over the reins of affairs as Governor of Lagos State. Between then and now, the governor has been confronted by several debilitating storms like the corona virus pandemic and the ENDSARS protests yet, he has not derailed from his […]
Fidelity Bank Plc Successfully Issues Largest Ticket Tier II Local Bonds in Nigeria
Fidelity Bank Plc has successfully issued 10 years N41.21 billion in fixed rate unsecured subordinated bond at a 8.5 percent coupon rate due in 2031. The bond issuance which was fully subscribed given that total investor interest and commitments in the bonds were N56.6 billion, adds to the impressive portfolio […]
Sterling Bank Partners Zipline On Medical Drone Delivery Service
Sterling Bank’s Health Technology Partner; Zipline has signed a service level agreement with Kaduna State Government for the implementation of drones in the health supply chain system. Zipline, is a global drone delivery service and will use autonomous delivery drones to help transform emergency healthcare and expand access to critical […]
Breaking! Lagos CP Odumosu Orders Immediate Release of #endsars Protesters
FDI: Gov. Ayade Woos French Investors as Trade Envoys visit Cross River
In a bid to raise the foreign direct investment (FDI) portfolio in Cross River State, governor Ben Ayade, Friday met with French ambassador Jerome Pasquier and other diplomats in Abuja. Ayade, who expressed the readiness of Cross River to collaborate with the French government to develop core sectors […]
Kogi Govt Signs Two Loans Agreement to boost food security and improve local economy
The Kogi State Commissioner of Finance, Budget and Economic Planning, Mukadam Asiwaju Asiru Idris had signed two separate subsidiary loan agreements on behalf of the Kogi State Government, with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and World Bank yesterday in Abuja. The World Bank and International Fund for […]
IPC Demand Immediate and Unconditional Release of NTA Journalist
The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria, is highly disturbed that yet another journalist has been kidnapped. The abduction at gun-point of Chidebere Onyia, a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Port Harcourt zonal office was confirmed by officials of the Rivers State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists […]
PDP Stalwart Femi Fani-Kayode Denies APC Defection Rumour
Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has declared he’s still a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He spoke despite confirmation by Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello that he has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). Fani-Kayode met on Monday with Bello and acting National Chairman of the APC, Governor […]
Family Denies Alleged Herdsmen Attack on Prof. Soyinka
Herdsmen didn’t attack Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka but only trespassed on his unfenced compound, a close associate, Dr Olu Agunloye, has stated. The former Minister of State for Defence, in a statement on Wednesday titled: ‘Herdsmen did not attack Prof Soyinka’, also said the trespassing herdsmen have been arrested […]