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Nigeria’s Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says leveraging on technology to boost the culture and tourism economy is best way to go, especially with the Covid-19 global atmospheres. The Minister disclosed this on Thursday at the official launch of the Adire ogun digital market place in Abeokuta,Ogun State South West Nigeria. As the world continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic, the Minister said a lot of businesses are resorting to smart solutions to keep running. Beside the adherence to the covid 19 protocols, the benefits of the new online mall will extend to improving culture and tourism which…

All the 14 boxers lined up for the seven bouts at GOtv Boxing Night 21 and their coaches will undergo COVID-19 tests, organisers have disclosed. The event, which holds on 27 November at the Rowe Park Sports Centre in Lagos, will be behind closed doors and  be broadcast live across Africa on SuperSport. Speaking in Lagos yesterday, Jenkins Alumona, CEO of Flykite Productions, organisers of the event, said boxers and their coaches scheduled for GOtv Boxing Night 21 are required to take the tests in accordance with safety protocols  prescribed by the authorities. “The virus is still raging, as we…

A PDP Chieftain in Ogun State and former ACCORD Ogun State Organising Secretary, Mr. Dele Adebayo-Oyetoro popularly known as “Baba D” consoles with the family, political associates and frriends of Late Mrs. Olubukola Oseni who was lost to the cold hands of death on Thursday, the condolence message partially reads thus: “I received with great shock, the death of Mrs Olubukola Oseni one of the leaders of PDP in Ifo local government. Mrs Oseni who was the deputy gubernatorial candidate of the Accord Party Ogun state in the 2019 general elections was a warm, lively and people oriented person who…

Figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC show that 404 Covid-19 patients have been discharged across Nigeria in the last 24 hours. This brings the total number of successfully treated cases to 60,737. Meanwhile, 180 new Covid-19 cases have been reported in 9 states in the last 24 hours as total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria rises to 64,516. The states with new Covid-19 cases include Lagos-74; Oyo-41; FCT-19; Kaduna-19; Bauchi-12; Ogun-7; Rivers-4; Cross River and Edo-2 each. Nigeria records 2 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours with national death toll put at 1,162.

The Nigerian House of Representatives has queried the country’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for not recruiting over four hundred new staff as approved in the commission’s 2020 budget. This was part of the resolution of the House Committee on Financial Crimes, when the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, appeared before the committee for 2021 budget defence. The Committee’s Chairman, Alh. AbdulLahi Ibrahim Dutse said the request to recruit new staff made the committee increase the 2020 personnel cost of the commission. “We observed that out of the appropriated N24.9 billion last year, N21.3 billion…

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami says Nigeria’s broadband penetration has increased to 45.43% by the end of October 2020.He said that this was a result of an increase of four million sixty one tousand seven hundred and thirty-one, 4,061,731)broadband subscriptions between September and October 2020 which will, in turn, facilitate economic growth in the country.This was contained in statement signed by the Minister’s Technical Assistant on Information Technology, Dr. Femi Adeluyi.Dr. Pantami stated that “This notable increase in broadband penetration has been as a result of conscientious implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy for…

President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team is considering legal action over a federal agency’s delay in recognizing the Democrat’s victory over President Donald Trump in last week’s election, a Biden official said on Monday. The General Services Administration (GSA) normally recognizes a presidential candidate when it becomes clear who has won an election so that a transition of power can begin, reports Reuters.That has not yet happened despite U.S. television and news networks declaring Biden the winner on Saturday after he secured enough electoral votes to secure the presidency. The law does not clearly spell out when the GSA must act,…

Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced his intention to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday announced his intention to repeal the Public Office Holder (Payment of Pension Law 2007), which provides for payment of pension and other entitlements to former Governors and their Deputies. He made this known while presenting the 2021 budget to the Lagos State House of Assembly. Sanwoolu said the bill would be sent to the Lagos Assembly for legislative…

Crown Flour Mill Limited an Olam Group company, has emerged the Most Active Corporate in the FX Futures Market, in the domestic (non-bank) category, at the 2020 Financial Market Dealer Quotation (FMDQ) Gold Awards announced on Friday, November 6, 2020. The wheat milling firm and makers of a rich portfolio of food brands beat two other contenders to the award. Currently in its third year, the FMDQ Gold Awards recognises principal market participants who have demonstrated excellence and diversity in the fixed income, foreign exchange and derivatives markets; driving development through their activities and raising the standards of the domestic…

The Chairman, Federal House of Representatives’ Committee on Rural Development in the 8th National Assembly and a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Hon. (Dr.) Oladipupo Adebutu, has sent his warm words of condolence to the entire family of Chief Edward Kayode Oke (EKO), members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and indeed, the entire political class in Ipokia Local Government on the transition of late Chief Oke to eternal glory on thursday, 5th November, 2020. Adebutu, in a condolence message made available to the Press on Monday, 9th November, 2020 by his Media Consultant, Afolabi Orekoya,…