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Month: May 2019

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Before ICPC suit against NBC DG, two others ends like suit against SEC DG

No doubt, since the beginning of the suit filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against the leadership of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) late last year, there had been serious drawback on the hitherto…

Oshodi Interchange kicks off with new narratives on city travels, security, shopping

Barely one week after the commissioning of the multibillion naira Oshodi Transport Interchange (OTI), Terminal 3 of the Transport Interchange on Thursday, started service delivery. This was revealed in an interview by the Chief Executive Officer of the construction firm,…

Former BP, Equinor executive to lead the African Energy Chamber in Angola

The African Energy Chamber (AEC) Thursday announced that it has appointed Mr. Sergio Pugliese as President for Angolan chapter, effective May 1st 2019. In this role, Mr. Pugliese will lead the chamber’s activities in Angola and support the Chambers’ partners…

Ex-Aviation Minister, Chidoka hails Bristow Helicopters all female crew

Former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Osita Chidoka, has hailed the professional dexterity of Nigerian women in making strong impacts in sectors where men are champions. In a recent picture with all female…

Investors see AfDB’s SA-IPZ deepen agricultural revolution in Nigeria

Senior Nigerian government officials and key investors have endorsed the African Development Bank’s Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SA-IPZ) initiative, describing it as a pathway to Africa’s agricultural revolution. At the onset of the current administration, the initiative was designed to…

Nigeria taken over by foreign bandits, kidnappers, PDP tells yet to return PMB

As May 29 presidential inauguration day is getting closer amidst galloping urban criminality, banditry and kidnapping, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday alleged that some of the bandits arrested in states such as Katsina, are not Nigerians but aliens,…

Kaycee Madu sets record as first African to become Minister, MP in Canada

Imo State-born international legal practitioner, Barr. Kaycee Madu, who was recently declared winner in the tightly contested election as member of Parliament representing Edmonton South-West in Alberta, Canada, was on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, appointed and sworn in as the…

How Fidelity Bank simplified digital banking transaction without data need

The Managing Director/CEO, Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo, has given insights on how the bank has effectively simplified banking digitization to accommodate customers that are yet to access stmartphones. In his address at the recent Annual General Meeting (AGM), he…

At 201m people in Nigeria, FG has no plan to control population—Perm Sec

The Federal Government has disclosed that it has no plan to think about population control even though the geometric growth of 3.2 Per cent is in clear variance to the nation’s Gross Domestic product (GDP) of less than two per…

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Absence of off-takers squeezing software development, innovators—Johnson

First and former Minister of Communications Technology, Dr. Mrs Omobola Johnson has fingered lack of credible off-takers as the current problem faced by the army of software developers in Nigeria. Off-takers in software segment are investors and clients who can…