The Lagos House of Assembly on Thursday debated two bills proposing the establishment of two tertiary institutions – a University of Education and a University of Science and Technology – in the state. The bills, which scaled second reading on the floor of the House presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, were…
Qualified women entrepreneurs in the Nigerian oil and gas industry can now benefit from the $40m Women in Oil and Gas Intervention Fund deployed by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board and Nigerian Export-Import Bank. The NCDMB is contributing $20m to the pool and it will be matched by the same amount in naira…
Polaris Bank says it has introduced a new reward initiative, tagged ‘Refer & Win’, for existing and new users of the bank’s digital banking platform, VULTe. The bank said this in a statement on Wednesday titled ‘Polaris Bank launches ‘Refer & Win’ reward for VULTe users’. According to the statement, users have the chance to…
Segun Adewole The Nigerian Army has arrested a member of the Islamic State in West Africa Province in Ogun State. The terrorist identified as Mr. Ibrahim Musa was arrested at No. 31 Abartura Street in Sango-Ota, Ogun State. The ISWAP member was on a mission to Lagos to acquire certain items for his group’s operations in Maiduguri,…
Michael Eric will not be representing Nigeria at the 2020 Olympic Games due to Covid-19 complications.In an official announcement made yesterday, Eric who recently won the European Championship with CSKA Moscow said he has tested positive to Covid-19.“I will not be able to represent my country, Nigeria in this year’s Olympics in Japan. During the…
The delegation of Nigeria’s Senior Men National Team has arrived in Los Angeles, United States of America for Saturday’s international friendly match taking place at the imposing Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, simply known as LA Coliseum.Organisers expect a full house at the 77,500- capacity LA Coliseum at Saturday’s match, which would make it the most-attended…
Minister of Youth and Sports Development Sunday Dare has expressed excitement at the deluge of talents at the British International School, Victoria Island, Lagos, assuring that future talents can be discovered for the country.Speaking at the final of the British International School’s maiden football tournament on Thursday, the Minister said: ” I’m so excited to…
Super Eagles Midfielder Michael Babatunde has left Morrocan club Wydad Casablanca after three wonderful years at the club.The midfielder refused to sign a contract extension at the expiration of his contract at the end of June.Babatunde has been more of a journeyman for a significant part of his career. He played for three different clubs…
