COVID-19 HAS MADE FINANCIAL ACCESS HARD, SAYS LCCI

The President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mrs Toki Mabogunje, says that the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risks and uncertainties around access to finance for the private sector…

FIIRO BOARD DEMANDS REFU D OF FRAUDULENT SALARIES FROM FORMER ACTING DG

The governing board of the Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi, Lagos, has asked a former acting Director-General of the agency, Chima Igwe, to refund the salaries he collected for…

FG SUPPORTS UNIPORT’S JOB MISCONDUCT, SAYS ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Port Harcourt branch, has accused the Federal Government of fuelling the current secret employment of academic and non-academic workers in the institution.…

BANKS SHAKE AS CBN SHORES UP NAIRA

The Central Bank of Nigeria has debited about N900bn out of the local banking system since raising the cash reserve ratio by five per cent to 27.5 per cent in…

RIVERS STATE TO ARREST CONTRACTOR OVER ABANDONED PROJECT

The Rivers State Government has threatened to arrest and prosecute the contractor handling the abandoned water project in Odioku community, Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner…

FEC MEETING: BUHARI,OTHERS HONORS LATE FATHER OF KWARA STATE GOVERNOR

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday led other members of the Federal Executive Council to observe a minute silence in honour of the late father of the…

NAIRA DROPS TO #472/$, AS FOREX SCARCITY PERSISTS

The naira on Tuesday traded at N472 to a dollar at the parallel market as foreign exchange scarcity persisted. The exchange rate was N440/$ in the parallel market in June,…

PENSIONEERS SLUMP DURING PROTEST OVER PENSION AREARS

No fewer than four pensioners were on Tuesday rushed to an undisclosed hospital as they slumped during a protest march in Owerri, the Imo state capital. The retirees were demanding…

WELDER IMPREGNATES TEENAGER IN LAGOS, AIDS IN ABORTION

A welder, Femi Ogunshola, has been accused of impregnating and procuring abortion for a teenager in the Ipaja area of Lagos State. The victim’s family told our correspondents that after the…

CULT INITIATE DIES DURING INITIATION

A 32-year-old man, Nwali Kingsley, was on Tuesday remanded at a correctional facility by an Ebonyi State Magistrate’s Court for allegedly torturing one Nwafor Johnson to death during cult initiation.…