Fighter jets bombard terrorists collecting tax
Terrorists collecting tax from residents of some communities in Borno State had a bad outing on Monday. The Air Task Force of Operation Hadin Kai eliminated tax collectors of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. The tax collectors, who always moved in groups, according to PRNigeria, were sighted and targeted at...
Why we introduced N100bn IBTC infrastructure fund – CEO
Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic IBTC Holding Plc, Dr. Demola Sogunle, has said that the bank established a N100 billion fund to help close the infrastructure gap in Nigeria. Sogunle said this at a Hybrid event organised by the Rotary Club of Ikeja, District 9110 with the topic, “Solving Infrastructure Deficit in Nigeria”, on Monday in Lagos. According to him, infrastructure...
NHIS, Swiss drug giant sign MoU on cancer care reimbursement initiative
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and Roche Product Ltd., a Swiss drug giant, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cancer care reimbursement initiative. The MoU outlined key areas that would significantly improve patients’ access to innovative cancer medicines. The partnership would be piloted in designated centres across the six geopolitical zones of the country. The arrangement allows both parties...
CVR: Fresh registration hits 4.2m
Fresh registration in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) has hit 4,297,494, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said. The commission disclosed this in the second quarter, week seven, weekly update released by the commission on Monday in Abuja. The commission said that as at 7a.m. on Monday, November 22, some 1,856,771 persons have completed their online and physical registration. According...
Huawei: How we can boost Nigeria’s oil revenue with Big Data
Technology solution provider, Huawei, has stated that Nigeria can leverage its Big Data products to improve oil revenue as part of its digital transformation technology solutions available for the oil and gas sector. Until 2020, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had been operating for 44 years at a loss which, experts say, is occasioned mainly by inefficiencies in the...
Bird strike hits Air Peace aircraft, flight diverted
The management of Air Peace on Monday said its flight P47159 Owerri to Lagos on November 22, had a bird strike, few minutes after take-off. The spokesperson, Mr. Stanley Olisa, said this in a statement in Lagos on Monday. “This seriously affected the parameters of one of the engines and the Pilot-in-Command had to divert to Port Harcourt and safely landed...
Air Traffic Controller slumps, dies on duty at Abuja airport
An Assistant General Manager (Operations) at the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Mr. Aniekan Effiong, slumped and died on Monday while on duty in Abuja. Effiong is one of NAMA’s Air Traffic Controllers (ATCO). Mr. Khalid Emele, NAMA spokesman, confirmed the sad news in a statement in Lagos on Monday. Emele said that Effiong died on duty at the approach radar control site...
Oando, FBNH, GTCO, Honeywell drive trading on NGX
Trading on the Nigerian bourse opened on Monday on a positive note with turnover appreciating by 1,103.94 per cent due to off-market trade in Oando Plc. Specifically, a total of 2.40 billion units valued at N16.47 billion were exchanged by investors in 4,811 deals. This was in contrast with 199.52 million shares worth N3.26 billion traded in 3,917 deals on Friday. Transactions...
Zenith Bank activates Lagos Christmas Light-Up Ceremony
The yuletide season has come to life in Lagos with the 2021 Zenith Bank Christmas Light-Up Ceremony, which held at the Ajose Adeogun Street Roundabout, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Saturday, November 20 2021. With the theme "Let There Be Light", this year marks the 15th edition of the traditional Light-up Ceremony at the Ajose Adeogun Roundabout. Following the onset of the...
Access Bank, SME.NG set to launch Ebi Marketplace
A new innovation – Ebi Marketplace – for female entrepreneurs in Nigeria to grow and digitize their businesses is set for launch. SME.NG in partnership with Access bank Plc. and other leading institutions, including the Bank of Industry (BOI), LAPO Microfinance Bank, Chapel Hill Denham, and the Impact Investment Foundation Nigeria are the promoters of the innovation. The Ebi Marketplace consists of an...
