Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has tested positive for Covid-19 for a second time and will miss the Premier League clash with leaders Manchester City on Saturday, the club said. The 39-year-old Spaniard’s first positive test was in March 2020 which prompted English football to shut down as the pandemic took …
Read More »Buhari’s aide, Garba Shehu, recovers from COVID-19
President Muhammadu Buhari’s senior media assistant, Garba Shehu, has recovered from the COVID-19 disease. The presidential aide who is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 had confirmed his positive status at the weekend but said that he was feeling mild symptoms of the disease. Shehu took to his Facebook page on Wednesday …
Read More »Huawei recognized as a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice
Huawei has been named as a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure. Huawei was named a Customers’ Choice in four of the five customer segments (excluding North America) based on the demographics of reviewers — Midsize Enterprise (50M – 1B USD), Services, Asia/Pacific, …
Read More »FIRSTBANK, DRIVING DOLLAR REMITTANCES, ECONOMIC GROWTH VIA IMTOS
By Chinwendu Obienyi For centuries, there have been heated debates over the sources of economic growth in developing economies and why some countries reflect strong economic growth compared to others. The hypotheses have often centred around crude oil, agriculture, revenues, private capital, bubbling stock market, stable security, low unemployment rate, high …
Read More »Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, in our custody – Police
Uche Nwosu The Imo State Police Command has confirmed that the Special Force from the office of the Inspector General of Police arrested Uche Nwosu, the son-in-law of a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, THE WITNESS reports. Nwosu was arrested on Sunday at St Peter’s Anglican church at …
Read More »SERAP seeks probe of ‘missing N3.1bn in Ministry of Finance’
Share on FacebookShare On WhatsappShare On Twitter Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari, to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate allegations that over N3bn of public funds are missing, mismanaged …
Read More »Avuru responds to Seplat – “My purported sack is mischievous”
Lagos. 26/12/2021: Austin Avuru has responded to the purported termination of his appointment as a Non-Executive director on the board of Seplat Energy, a company he co-founded and was pioneer CEO at. The widely circulated statement published a few days to Christmas in which Seplat Energy alleged that its immediate …
Read More »REDTV’s Feature Length Movie, Unintentional, To Premier on Boxing Day
The United Bank for Africa (UBA)’s Lifestyle and Entertainment channel, REDTV, is launching its star-studded blockbuster movie, ‘Unintentional’ on boxing day, December 26th, 2021. The movie stars some of Africa’s biggest names in the movie industry, featuring Kate Henshaw, Efa Iwara, OmowumI Dada, Beverly Osu, Chioma Okoli, Tina MBA, Mike Uchegbu. Unintentional …
Read More »Military assault on AEDC staff cruel, unjustifiable – ANED
The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) has described the alleged beating up of staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) as “unjustifiable” and “cruel”, portending grave danger for the power sector. The comments were in response to a report in which four staff of the Disco narrated how …
Read More »FIRSTBANK DECEMBERISSAVYBE: TOP 11 EVENTS TO ROCK YOUR DECEMBER
Whenever the conversation is on financial inclusion in Nigeria, FirstBank leads the pack. With over 150,000 banking agents, a full digital banking centre and other innovative solutions, the nation’s premier bank is surely doing a great job connecting Nigerians with access to convenient banking products and services. But that’s not …
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