Month: December 2020

Hicolumn E-commerce Mobile App Ensures Free Access, Easy Download

Hicolumn, the groundbreaking e-commerce Tech, which made entrant into Nigeria’s online market sector in November, ensures free access and download of its mobile App by merchants, store owners, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with existing and verifiable businesses within 30 minutes. This is free of any registration charges. The Chairman of Hicolumn, Benjamin Madu, said…

Heritage Bank Partners LAWMA For Sustainable Greener, Cleaner Lagos

Heritage Bank Plc, Nigeria’s Most Innovative Banking Service provider has entered into strategic partnership with Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) to attain sustainable greener and cleaner Lagos. The partnership which heralds the launch of Lagos Recycle Initiative is targeted at curbing the huge challenge of plastic pollution for better ecosystem, through recycling and waste management…

JCI Lagos Metropolitan Inducts New President

Junior Chamber International (JCI) Lagos Metropolitan has installed Ayodeji Akinwande as its 2021 Local Oganisation President. He took over from Omowunmi Davies-Akinwande whose term has ended. The induction and investiture of the President and the new Board of Directors was hosted by JCI Lagos Metropolitan recently in Lagos. The event tagged; Fostering Collaborative Impact: The…

COVID-19: Lagos Provides List Of Free Testing Centres

The Lagos State Government has reiterated its call on residents to avail themselves of the free COVID-19 testing services offered at approved public laboratories across the State. A statement issued by the Ministry of Information and Strategy listed the four locations as Lagos State Bio-Bank (Located inside the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba); Lagos University Teaching…

Buhari Hails Security Operatives, Governors For Release Of Kidnapped Students

As government secured the released of 333 kidnapped boys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State yesterday, the President has commended the security personnel, Katsina and Zamfara State governments for their spirit of partnership. President Muhammadu Buhari described their safe return as a big relief to their families, the entire country and international community.…

COVID-19: US Vice President Vaccinated On Live TV

Amid reluctance by some Americans to receive COVID-19 vaccine because of safety and efficacy concerns, the Vice President of the United State, Mike Pence, has become the highest-profile government official to receive the vaccine. Pence, 61-years old on Friday morning received a televised COVID-19 vaccination, alongside his wife Karen Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams.…

Lagos Lotteries Board Exceeds Target By 100%

The business of gaming and lottery is surely thriving in the city of Lagos as the state’s Lotteries Board disclosed that it had surpassed its target for 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lagos State Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget had set a target for the agency but at the moment, it has recorded…

Towards The Depoliticising Of The Forensic Audit On NDDC

Niger Delta people will, for a long time, remain wholeheartedly grateful to President Muhammadu Buhari, for the immense goodwill he has shown to the good people of the oil rich but beleaguered region, through the various projects and programmes aimed at the total development and emancipation of the Niger Delta region. We must acknowledge the…

Two Lawyers In Lagos Jailed For N24m Fraud

The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday secured the jailing of two lawyers, Sogo Akinola and Feranmi Akinluyi for their involvement in fraudulent activities. The two lawyers were convicted and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos.…