Day: March 26, 2021

UBA America to Facilitate Investment, Development Capital, Trade Between North America and Africa, says CEO

UBA America, the United States’ subsidiary of Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has pledged its continuous commitment to facilitate trade and investment between North America and the African continent. Speaking on Thursday from the Bank’s office in New York, the Chief Executive Officer, UBA America, Ms. Sola Yomi-Ajayi, disclosed that…

Nigeria Signs $1.3bn Basic Chemicals Platform Deal With Morocco

President Mohammadu Buhari has revealed that Nigeria and Morocco have signed an agreement to develop a $1.3 billion Basic Chemicals Platform in Nigeria that will produce Ammonia and various NPK and DAP fertilisers, using Nigeria’s gas reserves. The President said with this agreement Nigeria is on its way to becoming a regional and global fertiliser…

NDLEA Arrests Chadian Lady at Abuja Airport with 234 Grams of Heroin Concealed In Private Part

A Chadian lady named Vivien Tarmadji has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. She was arrested while trying to board an Ethiopian airline flight 911 enroute Addis Ababa-Italy with 234.35 grams of heroin concealed in her private part. The trafficker who…

E-Registration Mandatory To Getting Covid-19 Vaccine In Lagos State – Prof. Abayomi

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, has stressed the need for citizens, who fit into Phase One of the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination exercise, to register on the dedicated self-registration portal before visiting anyone of the 88 designated sites, noting that e-registration is now a mandatory protocol in the vaccination process in Lagos State.…