Tayo Olanipekun Interswitch Group has signed a multi-billion Naira deal with Bekoz UK Ltd, a British transport ticketing company, to enhance transportation ticketing in Nigeria. The N26 billion (£56 million ) deal is aimed at leveraging British technology to keep Nigeria’s commuters on the move with the launch of three products developed exclusively for the Nigerian market – the BeCard, …

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Tayo Olanipekun The UK  Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has restated the commitment of  his country to supporting Nigeria and its neighbours in the fight against Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa. He made this known today when he visited the North Eastern part of Nigeria where insurgents have carried out series of attacks and kidnappings for close to …

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Tayo Olanipekun The Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK) has said it will start enforcing the law against corporate organisations and property owners who refuse to comply with the state’s provision on beautification of setbacks. In a statement issued by the General Manager of the Agency, Mrs. Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola, on Thursday, the agency said it has become imperative to …

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Residents of Agidingbi in the Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State on Thursday took their protest to the Lagos State House of Assembly  over a recent judgment of the Supreme Court, which ruled in favour of the Akinole-Oshiun family to take possession of a 398-acre land in the area. According to reports, over 2,000 properties in Agidingbi, Acme Road …

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Adedayo Emmanuel Founder/Chairman of the Asian-African Chambers of Commerce and Industry (AACCI) Professor Dr. Sir G.D. Singh has called on well-meaning Nigerians to support the establishment of the proposed University of Entrepreneurship and Technology in Nigeria. Singh, who is also the President of the University of Entrepreneurship and Technology, State of Delaware, USA, made the call in Lagos recently at …

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Former CNN producer and current Assistant Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Howard University in Washington, DC,Professor Jennifer Thomas,  will visit Lagos for activities marking this year’s World Press Freedom Day. Professor Thomas is expected in Nigeria from April 29 to May 3, joining the United States Consulate General to mark the event and she  will conclude her her week-long engagements …

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The Kaduna State government has announced the imposition of a 24-hour curfew on troubled Kajuru Local Government Area of the state, Channels Television has reported. The curfew is not unconnected with recent insecurity in the area. Also a rumoured fresh crisis said to be brewing in  Kasuwan Magani community, one of the crisis-prone areas in the council  has prompted the …

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The Shiites have taken their protest to the United Nations office in Abuja, Channels Television has reported. Faithfuls of the sect otherwise known as  the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) want the United Nations to urge President Muhammadu Buhari to release their leader Sheikh El-Zakzaky who is standing trial alongside his wife over allegations of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, and …

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After what he described as a bloody Easter, a United States-based human rights lawyer, Emmanuel Ogebe, has recounted the bloodbath across Nigeria during the Christian celebrations. According to Ogebe, a fact finding mission across Nigeria has revealed several attacks that led to loss of lives during the holy week and Easter. “After a human rights fact-finding mission to South South, …

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Tayo Olanipekun Smoked catfish from Nigeria ranks among expensive delicacies in the United States of America, selling for as much as N11, 193 per two pounds, or an equivalent of 0.91 kilogram, in one of the supermarkets, our correspondent has gathered. National Wire also found out during the week that a kilogram of yam, a commodity which the Nigerian government …

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