Tony Elumelu makes “TIME 100” list of most influential people in the world, 2020
TIME has named Tony O. Elumelu, one of Africa’s leading investors and philanthropists, in the 2020 TIME100, annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The list,…
Chevron asks employees globally to delete WeChat after U.S. ban before Sept. 27 – Bloomberg
U.S. oil giant Chevron Corp has asked employees globally to delete Tencent Holdings Ltd’s WeChat from their work phones, following the Trump administration’s executive order to ban the social media…
Okowa charges Obaseki to be magnanimous in victory, says ‘ I feel very excited you won’
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has charged his counterpart in Edo, Gov. Godwin Obaseki to be magnanimous and graceful in victory. Okowa gave the charge when the newly re-elected Gov….
Ministerial retreat: Lagos has the potential to be another Dubai – Sanwo-Olu
The two-day Ministerial Performance Review Retreat organised by the executive arm of the Lagos State Government has ended with a strong charge to members of the State’s Executive Council to…
Ex-Gov. Abdulaziz Yari used strange woman to steal state’s N37bn – Zamfara Govt
Zamfara Government says it has alerted security agencies to track the whereabouts of over N37 billion refunds on Federal Government projects executed by the state allegedly pocketed by ex-governor Abdulaziz…
China has no reason to approve ‘dirty, unfair’ TikTok deal – China Daily
China has no reason to approve the “dirty and unfair” deal based on “bullying and extortion” that Oracle Corp and Walmart Inc said they struck with ByteDance, the state-backed English-language…
9 energy firms get $2.6m USAID grant to power rural clinics in Africa
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through Power Africa, on Tuesday awarded $2.6 million (N1.2 billion) grant to nine energy companies to electrify 288 rural health facilities without reliable access…
AT UNGA GENERAL DEBATE, PRESIDENT BUHARI ADVOCATES UNINHIBITED SUPPLY OF SAFE CORONAVIRUS VACCINES TO ALL
Nigeria will continue to partner with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and some countries to ensure accelerated development and manufacturing, as well as the uninhibited supply of safe and effective…
Electricity tariff, fuel pump price: No going back on Sept.28 strike – Labour
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has insisted that it would proceed with its planned nationwide protest with effect from Sept. 28 over Federal Government refusal to reverse the hikes in…
Sahara Energy moved additional $16bn to Isle of Man in 2017: Investigation
In the midst of the global financial scandal in which more than $2 trillion worth of transactions between 1999 and 2017 were flagged by internal compliance departments of financial institutions…