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5 January

Ecobank on the path of achieving market leadership – Kie

The Managing Director, Ecobank Nigeria, Charles Kie has said the bank is on the path of attaining market leadership in the country. According to him, “with our bank wide transformation efforts especially electronic payment solutions and strategy designed to boost long-term productivity of our core businesses, we are confident these efforts will position us for strong growth over the next …

5 January

LCCI urges FG to stimulate investment

LCCI urges FG to stimulate investment The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday advised the Federal Government to stimulate investment in order to overcome the country’s current economic challenges. The LCCI Director-General, Mr Muda Yusuf, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun. According to Yusuf, stimulating investment will …

4 January

CBN Targets More Commodities For Anchor Borrowers Programme

CBN Targets More Commodities For Anchor Borrowers Programme In line with its inclusive drive to grow the economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrowers Programmes (ABP) has targeted more agricultural commodities. This was contained in a new guideline for the programme reeled on Wednesday. The targeted commodities of comparative advantage include but not limited to: Cereals …

4 January

Over 400 people killed in Niger East in 2016—Sen Umaru

Over 400 people killed in Niger East in 2016—Sen Umaru Olabode Adaramola Over 400 people across various communities in the Niger East Senatorial district lost their lives to cattle rustlers and armed bandits in 2016, Senator David Umaru has disclosed. This he said, was aside what he referred to as “unprovoked military invasion” of Kpadna, Legbe and other communities in …

4 January

Obasanjo to Awujale: You are a rumour monger, a liar

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has described the Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Dr. Sikiru Kayode Adetona as a serial liar for causing him of using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to torture him while he was President of the country. Obasanjo while responding to some accusations levelled against him in Awujale Autobiography titled “Awujale: …

4 January

Medical practitioner docked over death of pregnant woman

A Lagos-based medical practitioner, Olugbenga Farajimakin, was on Wednesday arraigned for allegedly partnering a “self-acclaimed doctor” to perform a Caesarean Section on a woman that led to her death. Farajimakin, 44, was docked at an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on a charge of conspiracy. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Insp. Adebayo …

4 January

FG to overhaul Third Mainland Bridge, 49 others

Nigeria is planning to overhaul about 50 bridges nationwide, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. Mr. Fashola unveiled the plan when he was inspecting the rehabilitation of Lagos Ring Road Bridge Abutment and Approach to the Third Mainland Bridge project on Tuesday in Lagos. He told journalists that some columns and beams of the Third …

4 January

Fayose: N5,000 FG’s payment to the poor, mere propaganda

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has described the N5,000 the federal government said it had started paying to the poor in Nigeria as a mere propaganda and advised them to stop running government and governance on propaganda. He said: “A blind man will say it is when it gets into my mouth that I will say you are feeding me, …

4 January

2019: Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation.

2019: Gbagyi people threaten to withdraw support from APC government over marginalisation. Olabode Adaramola The Gbagyi people in Niger East Senatorial District, of Niger state and the second largest ethnic group in the state, have resolved that they would not support the current All Progressives Congress- government in the state come 2019 for its failure to recognize the tribe in the …

3 January

Glo reaffirms commitment to Lagos’s growth at One Lagos Fiesta

Glo reaffirms commitment to Lagos’s growth at One Lagos Fiesta Nigeria’s fully integrated telecommunications company, Globacom, has restated its support for the government of Lagos State in its efforts to boost the profile of the state and improve the quality of life of its residents. Speaking in the early hours of Sunday at the Grand Finale of One …