The Lagos Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of five illegal oil thieves. They were sentenced to one year imprisonment each before Justice Rilwan Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos The convicts, who are all Indian nationals, are: Visal Guleria, Pranjal Singh,…
Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Africa’s leading philanthropy committed to empowering young African entrepreneurs, has announced a partnership with the European Union to identify, train, mentor and fund 2,500 young African women entrepreneurs in 2021. The partnership will disburse €20 million in financial and technical support for women-owned businesses, across all 54 African countries, in addition…
Barely a month after being elected alongside Joe Biden as the US Vice-President elect, Kamala Harris has jumped from nowhere to become number 3 in the Forbes list of the world’s most powerful women in 2020. Harris now ranks only just below Germany’s Angela Merkel in the top spot followed by European Central Bank head…
Commuters plying the Agege, Abule-egba, Ogba, axis who experience daily heavy traffic and discomfort for the past three years will in some few weeks’ time breathe a sigh of relief as the long-awaited Agege Pen-Cinema Bridge in Lagos State will be fully open to vehicular movement by February 2021. The Governor of Lagos state yesterday…
The historic town of Badagry will on Friday, 11th December 2020, host the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, as he commissions Housing and Health projects in furtherance of his administration’s T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda. Sanwo-Olu will open the Affordable Public Housing Scheme in Idale, Badagry. The scheme, which has 252 units of two-bedroom bungalows, was built…
By Ayo Alanamu COVID -19 placed the world in crises, it rampaged across countries, and made our globalised world feel vulnerable, and at times, almost defenceless. Post and their partners in other economies had all faced impossible impacts with the declaration of a global pandemic; the business world took a new dimension. The African Telecommunications…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered the immediate suspension of sale, registration and activation of new SIM cards by telecommunication operators. This was made known in a press statement by the Commission’s Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, on Wednesday. The commission stated that in line with the Federal Government desire to consolidate the…
Friska Farms Limited announced the launch of its 2020-year end customer appreciation campaign tagged #GiftWellness in partnership with Hygeia HMO. The GiftWellness campaign was designed to encourage customers to make Health and Wellness a priority in their gifting plans this year. Customers will enjoy huge discounts and free basic health insurance cover from Hygeia…
Gozem, Africa’s super app, and Coris Bank International Togo announce that they have entered into a strategic asset-financing partnership. As a result, Gozem driver-partners can now access low-interest loans for the purchase of new motorcycles. This means that, for the first time, Gozem’s driver-partners will be able to benefit from performance-based financing, paving the way…
The Lagos state government has restated that it is an offense to use residential premises as morgues, embalmment centres or burial sites. The Executive Secretary of Lagos State Law Reform Commission, Mrs. Ade Adeyemo who stated this on a Lagos Television interview programme “Lagos Today”, said the prohibition is necessary to prevent the transmission of…