Edo state government in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) has equipped 445 Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (MSMEs) in the state with digital marketing skills. The programme was organized by the Edo Skills Development Agency (Edojobs), Edo State Investment Office (ESIPO) in collaboration with the State Ministry of Wealth Creation, Cooperatives and Employment. The marketing programme was supported by GIZ through its Pro-poor Growth and Promotion of Employment in Nigeria Programme (SEDIN). Ms Oladoyin Olawaiye, Head of Component, Economic Education and Entrepreneurship (EEE),GIZ-SEDIN, said the training was to enable MSMEs maximize sales via leveraging on technology…
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By Rachael Abujah The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said 385 additional COVID-19 infections were recorded on Monday across 11 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory. The NCDC said this on its website on Tuesday morning, adding that two fatalities were recorded on Monday. Lagos State did not report to the agency the COVID-19 cases it recorded on Monday. This gave a distorted picture of daily COVID-19 cases as the NCDC announced just 385 cases, from the 612 on Sunday. It is expected that Lagos will submit its record on Tuesday as backlog; it did the same…
By Aminu Atiku Gusau The recent All Progressives Congress (APC) congresses in Zamfara State has no doubt, brought to the fore, critical issues of politics and governance in the northwest state. It also betrayed the desperation of certain self-acclaimed leaders’ quest for power even at the cost of the state on which shoulders they rode to stardom. The desperation for power by certain elements had put the state on the spotlight since the run up to the 2019 general elections, stunting in its progress for many years, while other sister states prospered. Ahead of 2023 general elections, the same elements…
The Mobile Telephone Network (MTN) and MAFAB Communications Ltd have emerged winners of the Nigerian Communications Commission’s (NCC’s) 3.5 gigahertz (Ghz) Fifth Generation (5G) Technology spectrum auction. The Fifth Generation (5G) Technology spectrum auction ended with the total sum of $273.6 million per lot of 100 MHz TDD. The bidding was in two stages that came in Main stage and Assignment stage. In the assignment stage, two slots of 100MHzTDD available at 3.5GHz band were for bidding to support the delivery of broadband services for the deployment of 5G in Nigeria. The bidders were: Mobile Telephone Network (MTN), Airtel Nigeria…
The Nigerian Exchange (NGX) says the value of the country’s green bonds market has grown to N55.52 billion in four years, from 2017 to 2021. The Chief Executive Officer, NGX, Mr Temi Popoola, said this during the Sustainable Finance Training 2021 hosted by the NGX in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on Monday in Lagos. Popoola said it was noteworthy that the size of the green bond market currently stood at N55.52 billion ($133.8 million). Popoola added that the NGX was committed to fostering the growth of sustainable financial products which integrated the financial risks and opportunities associated…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said ultimately, the onus of having a new electoral framework ahead of the 2023 general elections resides with the National Assembly and the Presidency. INEC’s Commissioner, Festus Okoye, said this at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room National Stakeholders’ Forum on Elections in Abuja. According to Okoye, as far as the electoral management body is concerned, INEC is still operating with the existing electoral legal framework because the new one is still in incumbent. He said that there were some fundamental issues around the new electoral framework, one of the big issues…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, fixed December 21 to hear all pending applications in a suit filed by the 36 state governors over plan to deduct monies accruing to them from federation account to settle 418 million dollars judgment debt in relation to Paris Club Refund. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after taking arguments for and against the plaintiffs’ application for interlocutory injunction from counsel to the parties in the suit. Justice Ekwo, who refused to grant the prayers on the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction by the plaintiffs on the grounds that the jurisdiction of…
Omicron is likely to become the dominant form of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Europe within the next month, overtaking other variants such as Delta, according to an expert. “At the moment, Omicron is still rare in Europe,’’ Richard Neher, head of the Evolution of Viruses and Bacteria research group at the University of Basel, said on Monday in an interview published on the university’s website on Monday. “But if the evolution continues like this, Omicron will be predominant in Europe in about two to four weeks,’’ he said. Data from Denmark and Britain suggest that the number of Omicron infections…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, SAN says Nigeria is collaborating with various jurisdictions in its efforts to recover stolen assets stashed abroad. Malami made this known at the ninth session of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) holding in Sharm El Sheik, Egypt. The minister in a statement by Dr Umar Gwandu, his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, on Monday noted that the essence was to further highlight the importance of beneficial ownership transparency. He said Nigeria, together with Pakistan, State of Palestine, Peru, Saudi…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari has attributed the high price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to the rising price of crude oil and its derivatives at the world market. Kyari stated this at the inauguration of the Emadeb Energy Services Limited’s 120MT LPG Storage and Bottling Plant in Abuja. He, however, assured Nigerians that the NNPC Limited was working round the clock to boost the supply of LPG to ensure a crash of the price. Residents of Abuja and environs now spend between N8,500 and N9,500 to for a 12kg gas…