President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the heinous killing of worshippers on Sunday at the St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Kingdom, in Ondo State. The St Francis Catholic Church was reported to have been attacked by gunmen during service on Sunday. The gunmen were said to have detonated explosives before firing at the congregants.…
The Lagos State Government has crushed about 2000 impounded motorcycles seized for violating the ban of Okada operations in six Local Governments and nine Local Council Development Areas in Lagos. Speaking during the exercise in Ikeja, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, reiterated the government’s commitment to the safety and security of…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Lyon, France, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Interpol National Central Bureau for Nigeria. According to a statement released by the commission, the agreement on Direct Access to and Use of Interpol Information Systems, grants the…
When it comes to internet penetration and adoption of mobile payments, most African countries are still very much below the global average. Even where the internet penetration is improving, the mobile payments adoption rate is still low, meaning an overall lag. For instance, in Kenya where mobile payment adoption is most on the continent, only…
President Muhammadu Buhari has stressed the need for world leaders to come together and strategise on ways to avert the looming food crisis around the world. President Buhari said this Wednesday in Madrid, Spain at the Royal Palace during an audience with his Royal Majesty, King Felipe VI in continuation of his State Visit to…
As enforcement of ban on commercial motorcycles, popularly known as ‘Okada’ took effect yesterday in six local government areas, the State Government has revealed that motorcycles seized for flouting the ban will all be crushed on Friday in the presence of the media. This was made known by the Lagos state Commissioner for Information and…
Abbey Mortgage Bank Plc has reported an impressive performance for the year 2021. During the year the bank had a rebound in its result, recording a N622 million profit from a loss of N4.3 billion in the previous year. The year 2021 was indeed a positive one for Abbey Mortgage Bank as evident by its…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors ganged up with some vested interest groups to derail the quest of southern Nigeria to produce the next president of Nigeria. He said it was the agreement of the governors of Southern Nigeria that the presidency should come to the South,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged Governors of the All Progressives Congress to ensure that the forthcoming convention to pick a presidential candidate reflects all the values and virtues of the party. At a meeting Tuesday at State House Abuja, the President told the 22 Governors and the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu:…
Huawei Technologies (Nigeria) Limited and Nigeria’s National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the deployment of ICT Academies in all of colleges of Education in Nigeria. Captured in the signed Expression of Interest was the modality for which all Federal and State colleges of Education will be on…