By Bolaji Abiodun and Segun Owotomo A total of 56 trained Independent Monitors have received letters of engagement and tablets to monitor the Federal Government Social Investment Programme in Ogun State for the next one year. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq who spoke during the presentation and…
One of Nigeria’s foremost logistics solutions providers, Red Star Express Plc, has further improved its e-commerce service with the new Click and Ship Mobile Application. This innovation is the latest in a long list of developments aimed at making the company’s service more accessible to its customers. During a media chat held recently, the Group…
By Tunwase Dokunmu and Doyinsola Ajisebutu The Ogun State Government has assured relevant stakeholders in the mining sector that it is implementing different action plans that will put in place an enabling environment for mining businesses to thrive. Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Kikelomo Longe stated this during a stakeholders’ meeting in Oke-Mosan,…
Higher Kenyan taxes on airtime and data give market leader Safaricom the chance to expand its dominance at the expense of second-placed Airtel Kenya, analysts say. Kenya increased its excise duty on airtime and telephone services from 15% to 20% on 1 July, leaving mobile data and SMS charges unchanged. The market’s three largest players, Safaricom,…
The advertising watchdog, the ASA, has banned an advert by controversial brewer Brewdog for misleading claims. An Instagram post for its Clean & Press Hard Seltzer said: “Due to advertising regulations we cannot claim this drink is healthy,” but continued with a reference to a low calorie claim. Brewdog said the ad was “tongue-in-cheek” but…
France has hit back at a new Russian law ordering French champagne makers to label their bottles as sparkling wine. France has strict rules protecting its bubbly, meaning to be called champagne it must be from the French region that shares the name. But under Russia’s new law, only local producers can call their drinks…
Tech giant Samsung Electronics has said it expects its quarterly profit to rise by 53% amid a global chip shortage. The world’s biggest memory-chip and smartphone maker forecast operating profit of $11bn (£8bn) for the three months to the end of June. It said strong demand for memory chips had offset weaker sales of devices…
Ahead of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) audit coming up by first quarter of 2022, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) on Saturday joined forces with critical stakeholders in aviation emergency rescue operations to conduct a live aeronautic simulation of an air crash, which occurred at the Mafoluku area of Oshodi in Lagos, a…
Environmentalists on Monday called for an end to the frequent oil leaks at the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) oil fields in Tein community, Biseni, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. Newsmen reports that the environmentalists, under the auspices of Environment Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), made the call in its field…
