As part of efforts to promote a green and healthy environment and empower communities, Rite Foods Limited, makers of Nigeria’s favourite Bigi drinks, Rite sausages and leading energy drink brand, Fearless, has trained 30 youths in Ilashe Community of Lagos State. Partnering with the German Development Corporation (GIZ), and working closely with the German government,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, not to further infuriate Nigerians by trying to dry-clean the rudderless, inept and debauched All Progressives Congress (APC), despite the unbearable devastation the APC has brought to our nation in a space of six years. The…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has appointed DCP Tunji Disu as the new Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). DCP Tunji Disu, a former Commander of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Lagos State, replaces DCP Abba Kyari who was suspended following a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) indictment. Kyari was…
By Segun Adesokan ‘Motherland’, referring to Nigeria in his song, at the time of its release, was so timely and its messages even till the present day is rich and timeless as it could be passed off as an Immigrant travel guide. The early part of the song had reminded us about how Chinedu had…
As the Federal Government confirmed delivery of four million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has warned residents that the Moderna vaccine cannot be mixed with AstraZeneca jab. Sanwo-Olu made this clarification on Monday while briefing residents on worrying trends of the third wave of…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced that its downstream subsidiary, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), recorded ₦234.63 billion revenue from the sale of white products in the month of March 2021 representing a 24.7% increase from the ₦188.15billion sales recorded in the previous month of February 2021. This was contained in the…
Nigeria’s private sector began the second half of the year on a positive footing as they continued the run of expansion that began in July 2020. Quicker upticks in output, new orders, purchases and employment supported growth. Despite this, firms were able to keep backlogs at bay, though sentiment did moderate to the weakest since…
Online business owners can now access funding of up to N2million with SocialPay, an online payment collection product designed by Sterling’s The Business Hub to facilitate payments via multiple payment options including USSD, bank transfer, card options, and PayWithSpecta. In addition, the first 10,000 merchants will have access to a one-month interest free loan up…
Dangote Sugar Refinery recorded strong improvements in performance indices in half year ended June 30, 2021, as group revenue increased by 27.8 percent to N131.95 billion in contrast to N103.23 billion recorded at the same period in the preceding year. According to the refinery’s unaudited results for the period, Gross profit grew double digit at…
Following the recommendation by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, the Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the suspension of DCP Abba Kyari, from the Nigeria Police Force, over his indictment by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The police agency said Kyari’s suspension took effect on Saturday, July 31, 2021 and the…