Pan African financial services institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has deepened its retail products and services with an aim to delivering services aimed at meeting the needs of its customers across Africa. These services and product offerings, targeting at all classes of customers have been specifically tailored to meet the unique needs of…
Governor of Lagos state Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday unveiled the first electric car in Nigeria with the aim of easing the pressure on use of petrol. The electric car named Hyundai Kona is a product of Stallion Group. Hyundai Kona is 100 per cent electric and comes with zero emission, 482km driving range and can…
Price of petrol has once again been increased for a third time in three months as a litre of fuel will now sell at N170. This is because the Petroleum Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation again increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, to…
The Lagos State Government says it will establish a butchers’ academy in order to train new and existing butchers in global best practices on slaughtering in the red meat value chain in the State. The State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms. Abisola Olusanya revealed this on Thursday during the test run of a new semi-mechanised abattoir…
Oyewale Femi, a media entrepreneur and publisher Sahara Weekly, has taken oath of office as President, National Association of Online Security Reporters, NAOSRE. Femi, alongside other executives, emerged elected in an election conducted by the association on October 29. The oath taking ceremony was held in Lagos on Thursday, November 12. Speaking, Oyewale rationalized the…
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has announced that starting from January 2021, Adire fabric would become the official school uniform in all public schools in the State. Governor Abiodun who disclosed this at the official launch of Ogun Adire Digital Market Place at the June 12 Cultural centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, also called on the…
The Lagos State Government has announced the commencement of polio outbreak response exercise from Saturday, November 14, 2020. The immunization exercise will be conducted in five LGAS – Apapa, Lagos Mainland, Mushin, Somolu and Surulere. A statement issued by the Lagos State Primary Health Care Board revealed that children between 0 – 5 years would…
Queen Aanu, one of the wives of Alaafin of Oyo says her life is being threatened by the monarch because she walked out of the marriage. The former Olori shared a statement on her Instagram page, stating that the monarch should be held responsible if anything happens to her. She wrote: “It is with great…
The former president of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, has died from an undisclosed ailment at the age of 73. The former leader was admitted to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana’s capital, Accra, last week before giving up the ghost in the early hours of Thursday. Nigerian media mogul, Dele Momodu, who has close…
The UK’s COVID-19 death toll has surpassed 50,000 making it the first country in Europe to pass 50,000 deaths. The tragic milestone was passed on Wednesday as the government announced that 595 people had died within 28 days of testing positive, bringing the total by this measure to 50,365. This makes the UK the fifth…