The management of Arik Air has announced the resumption of flight operations in and out of Lagos from Oct. 24, following the easing of the curfew imposed by the Lagos State Government. Mr Adebanji Ola, the Communications Manager of Arik Air, announced this in a statement in Lagos on Friday. Ola said that the flights across the country will operate as scheduled and passengers are advised to arrive at the airport early to have ample...
DMW Singer, Peruzzi, has lambasted former presidential aspirant and All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Adamu Garba, for asking court to shut down Twitter in Nigeria. The Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, has lend his voice to the ongoing #EndSARS protests in the country, thus, the politicians find this distasteful. The APC stalwart then called out Jack for supporting, encouraging, and funding the protests. He promises to take the CEO to court for meddling in the internal...
The Management of Dana Air says it will be supporting the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit (NES#26) scheduled to hold in Oct. 26 and Oct. 27 in Abuja and the Lagos office of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group. The Media Communications Manager of the company, Mr. Kingsley Ezenwa, said this in a statement in Lagos on Monday. Ezenwa said, “The theme of the summit is Building Partnerships for Resilience.” The 26th Nigerian Economic Summit is jointly organised by the Federal...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Business and operational activities have been brought to stand still as workers at Dangote Savannah Sugar company in Numan , Adamawa state staged a protest over alleged non-payment of workers’ gratuities and condition of service since 2003 The workers under the auspices of National Union of Food, Beverages and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE) said that since 2003 the company’s management has failed to pay them gratuities neither condition of service....
Stripe has announced its acquisition of Pastack, a start up in Lagos, Nigeria. The company provided similar service with Stripe. The company offers a quick way to integrate payments services into an online or offline transaction by way of an API (It has also been referred to in the past as “the stripe of Africa.” Currently, Pastack has about 600,000 customers, which included small businesses, large corporates, fintech, education institutions and online betting companies. The...
No fewer than 339 companies are bidding for the 2020/21 sales and purchase of the Nigerian crude oil grades. The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari disclosed this at the 2020/2021 Crude oil tender prequalification bid opening ceremony, on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the event marked another transparent process for the corporation. He said that in spite of the challenges posed by COVID-19, the Corporation had modified the...
Following the Boko Haram onslaught in the Northeast Nigeria that turned some widows to become head of the family as a result of killing of their husbands by the terrorists, the Center for social change and Economic Development in Nigeria CSCED in collaboration with Food and Agriculture organization FAO of the United Nations have distributed Agrited Chickens known as Noiler Pullets to one hundred (100) female Headed Households in Song Gari of Song Local Government...
The Federal Government on Thursday told state governments that they don’t have the power to control the mineral resources in their respective states. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, disclosed this at a sensitization meeting with state commissioner for justice, minerals and environment from the North-Central geopolitical zone. The issue of resource control had been put in the front recently, with Zamfara unveiling the state government plan to establish a gold reserve...
The Adamawa State Commissioner for Entrepreneurship Development, Mr Iliya James said nine thousand slots were earmarked for Adamawa state under the Survival Fund programme of the Federal Government. The commissioner disclosed this during a meeting with Development partners and representatives of various small scale businesses in the conference hall, Deputy Governor’s office Yola and urged youths to enroll online to benefit. The Adamawa State Commissioner for Entrepreneurship Development, Mr Iliya James has challenged youths in...
The MTN Group on Thursday said it has been named the most valuable African brand in the Brand Finance Africa 150 ranking in 2020. Its Group Executive, Corporate Affairs, Nompilo Morafo, said the award was ascribed a brand value of 3.3 billion dollars to the group. Brand value is the net economic benefit that a brand owner would achieve by licencing the brand in the open market. In its survey by Brand Finance, it said, “Over the last...
