Editor-in-Chief/Chief Operating Officer of PREMIUM TIMES Nigeria, Musikilu Mojeed, on Thursday in Abuja emerged as the President of the Nigeria chapter of the International Press Institute. He emerged as president unopposed during a session of the General Assembly of the IPI, held physically and virtually. Also at the meeting,...
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Frontline African technology firm, SystemSpecs, has lauded the efforts of Nigeria fintechs as intermediaries in financial transactions using cutting-edge innovations and consumer-oriented solutions. Speaking on Fintechs and Changes in Financial Intermediation, Demola Igbalajobi, an Executive Director of SystemSpecs, made the above assertion at the Information Technology (IT) and consulting webinar hosted by the Institute of Chattered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) recently. A financial intermediary is an entity that acts as the middleman between two parties in a financial transaction. They are meant to serve as a bridge in complex...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Workers and retirees in Oyo State jubilated on Friday, following the decision of Governor Seyi Makinde to pay December salaries on the 17th of the month. The development is keeping in line with what the governor did last year when he paid workers’ and...
BY RICHARD ABU – The people of Mada living in Panda and Karshi development areas, including those in Karu local government area of Nasarawa State, today paid a solidarity visit on the Esu Karu, the Chairman of Karu traditional Council pleading with the Paramount Ruler to help them get...
First Bank of Nigeria has unveiled the calendar of events for its yearly DecemberIssaVybe campaign which, it says, will impact much on the entertainment industry. The Group Head of Marketing/Corporate Communications, FirstBank, Ms Folake Ani-Mumuney, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Ani-Mumuney said that the...
By GRACE AUDU – World Health Organization (WHO), has issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for NVX-CoV2373, expanding the basket of WHO-validated vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vaccine, named CovovaxTM, is produced by the Serum Institute of India under licence from Novavax and is part of the COVAX facility...
Former Governor of Lagos State, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his 79th birthday. Tinubu, in a statement signed by him on Friday in Lagos, described the President as a great reformer and democrat. The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader said beyond his admiration and...
By DAVID IORJA – On his 79th birthday, today Friday in Istanbul, Turkey, President Muhammadu Buhari cut a birthday cake moulded in national colours, green-white-green to start the day, went straight to chair a planning meeting with officials in his delegation and thereafter drove to the Dolmabahce Palace for...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in pursuance of its mandate of provision of Rural Development Projects, has commissioned two solar powered boreholes with overhead plastic tanks at Jibrilla, Kotoko and Muna farming community farming communities in Jere Local Government Area of Borno...
Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Ihechukwu Chima, says Nigeria requires a visionary leader to consolidate on President Muhammed Buhari’s achievements in 2023. Chima disclosed this when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Friday. “Nigeria’s problem is not the lack of money, or lack of knowledgeable...
Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC-Plateau) has refunded the registration fee of N5,500 to each candidate in his constituency who registered for the 2021 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examinations. No fewer than 2,000 candidates from Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam, local governments of the state benefitted from the refund. Gagdi,...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – Ahead of the anticipated 2022 rollout of Fifth Generation (5G) network in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has organised capacity building workshops for media executives in the northern and southern divides of the country, as part of efforts to support their continuous professional...
Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), an umbrella body of APC governors, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a role model and source of inspiration to many Nigerians. Kebbi state governor, Abubakar Bagudu and Chairman of the forum said this while felicitating Buhari on his 79th birthday. “The PGF joins President Muhammad Buhari...
Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of CSOs, on Friday in Abuja urged President Muhamadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 into law as an end of the year gift to Nigerians. The coalition made the appeal at a news conference addressed by Ms Ene...
Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral, A.Z. Gambo, has inaugurated two projects in the Central Naval Command (CNC), Bayelsa. Inaugurating the projects on Friday, Gambo, said that the projects, which include the construction of a Mast Island and NNS Soroh Regulating Office, will boost professional efficiency of the...
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday arraigned a former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, for allegedly forging medical reports to evade trial. Fani-Kayode appeared before an Ikeja Special Offences Court on a 12-count charge. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fani-Kayode, however, pleaded not guilty to...
By DAVID IORJA – In furtherance of sustained efforts at keeping Nigerians safer, President Muhammadu Buhari, Friday said Nigeria will partner with the Republic of Turkey in dealing with the current security challenges facing the nation. Speaking at a bilateral meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, his Turkish counterpart shortly...
Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, has urged journalists in the country to always disseminate factual and objective information to the public. He gave the charge in Ibadan at the ongoing Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Oyo State Chapter, annual week celebration. The News Agency...
Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu on Friday in Abuja, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has taken Nigeria to enviable heights, according to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Kalu, who made this known in his goodwill message to rejoice with Buhari on his 79th birthday anniversary, described...
The 36 Nigerian governors are to review the proposed privatisation of the 10 generating plants across the country under the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs), by the Federal Government. The governors under the aegis of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) disclosed this in a communique issued in Abuja and signed...