EHIME ALEX, Lagos Mastercard has launched a new low-cost payments solution that enables small business owners to move their businesses online and accept a range of digital payments from their customers. According to a release on Tuesday, it said the “SME-in-a-Box” solution is powered by Mastercard’s payment technology and...
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Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has hit the nail at the head when he challenged members of the Federal Character Commission (FCC) to ensure that there is fairness and equity in the implementation and enforcement of the principles of federal character in the distribution of public posts and...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI From recent reports by development practitioners, sustainable development and the related notion of sustainability are becoming increasingly important policy objectives for government at different levels as well as in the private sector. They suggest that there is a growing need to strengthen the conceptual understanding of...
The Federal Government has approved the ninth and last evacuation flight for Nigerians stranded in the United States due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. The Consul-General of Nigeria in New York, Mr Benaoyagha Okoyen, announced this in a statement dated Aug. 10, 2020, on behalf of the country’s missions in...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 290 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Monday. The health agency said that Nigeria’s new cases were confirmed in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), taking...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Bauchi State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), written to the Speaker of the House Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, urging him to declare the seat of the former Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, vacant for defecting to the All Progressives Congress. NATIONAL ACCORD had...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi A strike action is looming in Bauchi State following a seven day ultimatum given by the Nigeria Labour Union to the state government to immediately pay civil servants their salaries and other entitlements. The NLC Chairman in Bauchi state, Comrade Danjuma Saleh who gave the ultimatum...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The family of Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola (GCON), the former Premier of defunct Western Region of Nigeria, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for naming the Omi Adio (Ibadan) Railway Station after their late dad. A release on Monday by Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on...
From DAVID IORJA (Abuja) and SADIQ ABUBAKAR (Maiduguri) – Governors of the seven North-East states met with President Muhammadu Buhari, Service Chiefs and other security chiefs on Monday to discuss the worsening security situation in the geo-political zone and the country at larger. The meeting, the second in recent...
The Oyo State Task Force on COVID-19, said on Monday, that Isolation Centres run by the state has recorded zero fatality since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the state, in March 2020. This feat, the Task Force noted, is due to the holistic approach adopted by medical personnel managing...
JOHN ONAH, Abuja Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shifted the commencement of 2020 admissions into tertiary institutions to September. The board said post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) screening for the 2020 admission processes will now begin not earlier than September 7, 2020 in universities, polytechnics and colleges...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi A youth group, under the auspices of Tafawa Balewa, Dass and Bogoro Youth Development Foundation, has described the ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara as their political party. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that Dogara who represents Dass/Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro Federal Constituency in the House of...
China imposed sanctions on 11 United States citizens including legislators on Monday in response to the U.S. imposition of sanctions on 11 Hong Kong and Chinese officials accused of curtailing political freedoms in the former British colony. Among those targeted were Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Tom Cotton, Josh...
It is a national priority for children to return to school after months away from the classroom due to the coronavirus pandemic, a junior British health minister said on Monday. “Sadly we have seen children from more disadvantaged backgrounds (are) more likely to fall behind during this time so...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Commissioner for local government affairs in Bauchi state, Hon. Abdulrazak Nuhu Zaki, has expressed optimism that the Edo state governorship election will be won by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He stated this view in an interview with journalists during the PDP state Congress at...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 437 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 46,577. The NCDC made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday. The health agency stated that the number of those successfully...