•Lagos planted 8m trees in 13 years, says Governor Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged Lagosians to join in the Government efforts at preserving the environment by planting trees. He made the appeal on Tuesday during the kick-off of the 1,000 Tree Planting Project in Lagos, “The…
•To flag-off Opebi-Ojota Link Bridge in January •APC Leader names Sanwo-Olu “Infrastructure Governor” Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju In fulfilment of his administration’s resolve to provide the necessary infrastructure for sustainable development in every part of Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday commissioned a network of nine roads with a bridge within…
Union Bank of Nigeria (UBN) Plc has partnered with Kucheza, a gaming company, to organise another edition of the Mobo Game Jam. UBN’s Edu360 is supporting the social innovation competition for the second consecutive year. Also supported by United Kingdom (UK)-based Digital Schoolhouse, MoboGame Jam is an annual game-making competition which sees young innovators between…
A total of 63.97 million lines were disconnected in one year amid the National Identity Number-Subscriber Identity Module data verification, data obtained from the Nigerian Communications Commission show. The NCC data revealed that the total number of connected lines in the country fell by 21.79 per cent to 229,582,206 in October this year from 293,554,598…
The bears resurfaced on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd on Thursday with a loss of N391 billion following sell pressure in Dangote Cement and 14 other stocks. Specifically, the stock market reversed positive gains with the market capitalisation dropping N391 billion to close at N21.751 trillion from N22.142 trillion on Wednesday. In the same vein, the…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime, through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has again restricted the flight operations of Emirates airlines days after granting it approval. This was contained in a letter marked NCAA/DG/AIR/11/16/329, dated December 9, 2021, and signed by Musa S. Nuhu, the agency’s director-general. “I wish to inform you of the withdrawal of…
The Federal Government has said the Siemens AG power project which plans to grow Nigeria’s power delivery to 25,000 megawatts will be revived in the first quarter of 2021. The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, said on Thursday that the German firm, Siemens AG, would begin operations in Nigeria soon and that activities to get…
The CEO of an online mortgage lender fired 900 of his employees in a brutal Zoom call – then slammed them over being so lazy they effectively ‘stole’ from customers. Vishal Garg axed around nine per cent of New York mortgage firm Better.com’s workforce last Wednesday, including its entire diversity, equity and inclusion team, which…
MTN Group says it will enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for all its employees from January 2022. In a statement on Monday, MTN said the move is part of its efforts to protect the health and safety of staff. It added that the policy would be subject to risk assessment and local laws that…
