AIR PEACE, OTHERS 14-DAY ULTIMATUM TO REINSTATE SACKED WORKERS: NLC

The Nigeria Labour Congress has rejected the recent sacking of 100 pilots by Air Peace, 69 Pilots by Bristow Helicopters and National Union of Air Transport Employees union executives working…

FACEBOOK’S ZUCKERBERG NOW WORTH $100BN

Mark Zuckerberg has seen his personal wealth hit $100 billion (£76 billion), 16 years after he co-founded Facebook from his university dorm room. He joins Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Microsoft’s…

CURRENCY IN CIRCULATION RISES TO N2.39TN

Currency in circulation rose by N95.13bn from N2.29tn at the end of June to N2.39tn in July, according to the latest statistics obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria on…

VIOLENCE : INEC THREATENS TO SUSPEND EDO ONDO POLLS

The Independent National Electoral Commission has threatened to stop the elections in Edo and Ondo states if the actions of political actors lead to cogent and verifiable threat or breakdown…

AFCFTA : EXPERTS EXAMINE STRATEGIES FOR SERVICES EXPORT PUBLISHED AUGUST 7 2020

Experts have identified the need to take advantage of the African Continental Free Trade Area and develop strategies to aggressively export services, especially value-added services to other African countries. They…

NCC: BANKS OWE TELCOS N17BN FOR USSD ACCESS

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, says commercial banks in the country owe telecommunication over N17bn for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data access. This debt,…

SA MOBILE GIANT: MTN TO EXIT MIDDLE EAST FOCUS ON AFRICA

MTN Group says it will exit the Middle East in the medium term, starting with the sale of its 75 per cent stake in MTN Syria as part of plans…

COURT JAILS BUSINESSMAN FOR STEALING N9M

The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja, on Thursday, sentenced a businessman, Olarenwaju Gbadamosi, to two years’ imprisonment for stealing N9m. Gbadamosi was sentenced by Justice Mojisola Dada after…

CBN, OAGF clash with NDDC over N2.1bn media expenses

THE record of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation showed that the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission spent…

UPDATED: PASSENGERS TO ARRIVE THREE HOURS EARLIER FOR INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has asked aviation authorities and airline operators to begin the process for the restart of international flights. With the reopening of domestic airports for…