By Moses Omorogieva Police operatives attached to Area E Command, Festac in Lagos State, have arrested five persons for attempting to bribe them with N500,000 after they were arrested for allegedly stealing construction materials. The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Mr Olumuyiwa Adejobi, a Chief Superintendent of Police, confirmed the arrest in a […]
The cryptocurrency market has grown exponentially in 2021 and is now worth a staggering $2.0 trillion as it increasingly attracts interest from big names on Wall Street. As digital currency exchange Coinbase prepares to list Wednesday in New York, AFP takes a look at a sector built from scratch just 12 years ago. Bitcoin On […]
By Yetunde Fatungase The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Ogun Council, has embarked on strike over the kidnapping of its members and insecurity in the state. The strike had taken effect from the midnight of April 13, it said .in a statement jointly signed by the Chairman of NANNM, Roseline Solarin and […]
By Abubakar Ahmed Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has approved the reduction of work hours for workers in the state throughout the period of the Ramadan fast. A government statement said workers would resume at 9am and close at 2pm, as against the usual working hours of 8am to 4pm. The statement was issued on […]
By Solomon Asowata The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has denied revoking 32 refinery licenses issued to private companies in Nigeria. Mr Paul Osu, Head, Public Affairs, DPR, made the clarification in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. “We wish to clarify that DPR did not revoke any refinery licence. “Refinery licenses, like our other […]
By Ginika Okoye The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is to discuss issues concerning the implementation of the financial technology roadmap in the market in its forth-coming committee meeting. A statement by the commission in Abuja on Sunday says the 2021 Capital Market Committee (CMC) meeting would also discuss the 10-year market master plan. The […]
By Olayinka Olawale The Lagos State Government(LASG) has called for private sector’s investment and collaboration in its agriculture sector particularly in the Red Meat , Artisanal Fisheries and Livestock Feed Mills value chains. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, stated this in a press statement she issued to newsmen in Lagos on Sunday. […]
By Ebere Agozie The Head of Agriculture Division, ECOWAS Commission, Abuja, Mr Ernest Aubee, has said that Nigeria was leading in the promotion of Organic Agriculture in the West Africa region. Aubee said this in his closing remarks at the cocktail event on `Reporting Back Achievements of Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA) Initiative’ activities in Nigeria […]
A problem with the electrical distribution grid of Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility caused an incident at the site on Sunday, Iranian Press TV reported. The incidence occurred a day after Tehran launched new advanced uranium enrichment centrifuges at the site. The Natanz facility, which is located in the desert in the central province of Isfahan, […]
By Sani Idris The Emir of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna State, Malam Zubairu Maigwari, has urged traders not to hike the cost of their commodities as the Ramadan fasting approaches. Maigwari made the call in an interview with journalists on Sunday in Kaduna. “Marketers should reason with the common man and reduce the cost of […]